Employee Performance Ev^Juation Systems: An Evaluative Study of Selected Public Quoted Manufacturing Firms in Sri Lanka

Abstract

This paper provides a description of the Employee Performance Evaluation Systems (EPESs) in five selected manufacturing firms in Sri Lanka and an evaluation of those systems in the light of an evaluative framework developed from the current theoretical arguments, empineal findings and expert opinion. The evaluative framework has its focus on eight dimensions of Employee Performance Evaluation System (EPES) including Employee Performance Evaluation (EPE) purposes, EPE policies, EPE criteria and standards, EPE methods, feedback interviews, evaluator training, practices for ensuring accurate implementation and review and renewal. The results indicate that the degrees of systematic utilization/quality of EPESs in three firms (A, C, and D) are moderate and those of EPESs in two firms (B and E) are low as per 5-point scale suggesting significant revisions to be made to the EPESs so as to improve them.