Seeing Through Performance Feedback in Organizations
Keywords:
Feedback, Politeness Theory, Organizaitonal CommunicationAbstract
Providing work related feedback to employees is a beneficial component contributing to the growth of the organization. Constructive feedback has been shown to have a variety of positive effects on the productivity and satisfaction of employees. Organizations can use feedback to provide role clarity and to encourage positive behaviors. Over the years the strategies used to implement feedback in organizations has evolved. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role that feedback has in organizations, provide a psycho-sociological analysis, and finally look towards the current strategies used by organizations to provide feedback to employees.
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