Performance Appraisal and Organizational Commitment: A Study on Private Commercial Banks in Bangladesh

Abstract

Human resources, being one of the core components, play the pivotal role in success of any organization. The effectiveness of the human resource system of any organization largely depends on the application of valid and accurate employee performance appraisal system which is also considered as a subset of human resource management. A well appraised and effectively managed performance appraisal system for every employee leads an organization towards sustainable growth and success. Performance appraisal has been being used as a key tool to evaluate the perfonnance of the employees. Moreover, an appraisal system may highly impact the organizational commitment among the employees. In this perspective, this study aims at evaluating the employees' perceptions of performance appraisal practices and employees' levels of organizational commitment and exploring the relationship between employees' perceptions of performance appraisal practices and organizational commitment of the selected private commercial banks in Bangladesh. ---