The Relative Importance of Task and Contextual Performance Dimensions to Supervisor Judgments of Overall Performance

Although evidence supports the unique contribution of task performance and contextual performance to overall evaluations, little is known about the relative contribution that specific dimensions of contextual performance make to overall performance judgments. This study evaluated the extent to which...

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Published in:Journal of applied psychology 2001-10, Vol.86 (5), p.984-996
Main Author: Johnson, Jeff W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Applied psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Contextual analysis
Contextual performance
Data Collection
Decision Making
Employee Performance Appraisal
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Job Characteristics
Job evaluation
Job Performance
Judgment
Judgments
Male
Management Personnel
Management science
Methodology
Occupational psychology
Occupational Stress
Organizational Policy
Orientation. Selection. Evaluation
Performance appraisal
Personnel Evaluation
Personnel management
Professional Competence
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Rating
Social judgement
Sociology of work
Stress
Studies
Supervisors
Task analysis
Task Performance and Analysis
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Summary:Although evidence supports the unique contribution of task performance and contextual performance to overall evaluations, little is known about the relative contribution that specific dimensions of contextual performance make to overall performance judgments. This study evaluated the extent to which supervisors consider task and contextual performance by using relative weights ( J. W. Johnson, 2000 ) to statistically describe the relative importance of specific dimensions of each type of performance to overall performance ratings. Within each of 8 job families in a large organization, each of 4 dimensions of contextual performance made not only a unique contribution but a relatively important contribution to the overall evaluation. Evidence also supports the adaptive performance dimension of handling work stress as an aspect of contextual performance and job-task conscientiousness as an aspect of both task and contextual performance.
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/0021-9010.86.5.984