Appraising job performance – to be or not to be? An Asian dilemma

Describes an ongoing research project to monitor performance appraisal reports (PARs) of staff working at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, India. Presents major shortcomings of the PAR mechanism as observed while analysing the data. Suggests ways in which the existing appraisal mechanism could be improved in order to introduce and maintain a performance‐oriented work...