IMPACT OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL POLITICS ON JOB PERFORMANCE: ANALYZING THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF JOB SATISFACTION

Prior studies show that there are different motives of appraisers in modifying the ratings of performance. Most of the time the motives are political and have an effect on employees' job performance. This study focuses on the impact of performance appraisal politics on job performance along with analyzing the mediating effect of job satisfaction using the survey data. Quantitative research approach is employed with survey data from 150 diverse sets of white-collar employees from different organizations of Pakistan. The results implicate that when there is rater's personal bias and manipulation while appraising the performance of employees' results in job dissatisfaction, high intention to quit and low job performance.