Human Resource Management 2016

Reducing Organizational Politics in Performance Appraisal: The Role of Coaching Leaders for Age-Diverse Employees

Silvia Dello Russo¹; Mariella Miraglia²; Лаура Боргогни³

¹ Business Research Unit; ISCTE - Insituto Universitario de Lisboa Avenida das Forças Armadas; 1649-026 Lisboa Portugal · ² University of East Anglia · ³ Sapienza University of Rome

Abstract

We examined whether a supervisor's coaching leadership style predicts the perception of organizational politics in performance appraisal (OPPA) reported by the collaborators. Additionally, we drew on social cognition and motivational life-span development theories to hypothesize age-related differences in perceived OPPA and its link with the coaching leadership style. Using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) on a sample of 576 employees and 112 leaders, we found that coaching leaders are perceived as less manipulative in their performance ratings, especially by older employees. This article includes a discussion of the implications these results have for performance management of an age-diverse workforce.

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10.1002/hrm.21799

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