Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2013, 61(4), 1183-1189 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201361041183

Current state of the employee performance appraisal system in agricultural organizations in the Czech Republic

Kateřina Venclová1, Martina Königová1, Jiří Fejfar2
1 Department of Management, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Prague 6, Czech Republic
2 Department of Systems Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Employee performance appraisal is one of the most important human resource management tools. The first part of the article concentrates on the theoretical background. The second part evaluates the results of the quantitative survey. The aim of the article is to evaluate the use of formal appraisal of employees in agricultural organizations in the Czech Republic and to test dependencies between selected qualitative characteristics. The results of the survey show that only 12.3% of agricultural organizations (n = 332) use formal appraisal of employees. They also confirm that the application of the formal appraisal of employees in agricultural organizations depends on the size of the agricultural organization (p-value 0.006, Phi coefficient 0.151) and the existence of a personnel department (p-value 0.000, Phi coefficient 0.210). 49.1% of agricultural organizations did not consider formal appraisal important. Only 5.8% of agricultural organizations that do not use any system of formal employee performance appraisal plan its implementation, despite the fact that currently people are considered to be the most important strategic asset of any organization for achieving a competitive advantage.

Keywords: agriculture, agricultural organizations, employee performance appraisal, human resources, performance, survey
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This article is a research project of the Czech University of Life Sciences and has been made possible due to the support of the Internal Grant Agency (IGA) of the CULS Prague, Registration No. 20121036 - Employee performance appraisal as a performance management tool.

Received: February 28, 2013; Published: July 13, 2013  Show citation

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Venclová, K., Königová, M., & Fejfar, J. (2013). Current state of the employee performance appraisal system in agricultural organizations in the Czech Republic. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 61(4), 1183-1189. doi: 10.11118/actaun201361041183
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