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Putting the System Into Performance Management Systems: A Review and Agenda for Performance Management Research
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It has been 13 years since the last comprehensive review of the performance management (PM) literature, and a lot has changed in both research and practice in that time. The current review updates (identifying new research directions post 2004) and extends this previous work by creating a systems-based taxonomy and conceptual model of PM. We then use this model to interpret and integrate the extensive work in this area and to identify fruitful and systems-based directions for future PM work. As input to our conclusions, we reviewed the last 36-plus years of PM research (1980–2017) and conducted a comprehensive coding of all empirical PM articles. We offer several specific directions for future PM research, with the ultimate goal of improving PM in practice.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Schleicher, D. J., Baumann, H. M., Sullivan, D. W., Levy, P. E., Hargrove, D. C., & Barros-Rivera, B. A.
- Affiliations
- Texas A&M University (US)
- Bradley University (US)
- University of Akron (US)
- Central Michigan University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Schleicher, Deidra J.
- Venue
- Journal of Management
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2018-02-08
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 2209-2245
- ISSN
- 0149-2063 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-1211
- OpenAlex
- W2787319381
- Cited by
- 173
- References
- 174
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 19.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Management (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Accounting and Organizational Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Human Resource and Talent Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management Theory and Practice
- Keywords
- performance management systems, systems approach, conceptual model, future research directions
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