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Hidden Costs of Performance Management: When Performance Feedback Encourages Gaming and Dysfunctional Behaviors

Suho Ji, Sounman Hong

Public Performance & Management Review

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LEARNING FROM PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION, ASPIRATION LEVELS, AND MANAGERIAL PRIORITIES Poul Aaes Nielsen · 2013
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm William J. Baumöl, Richard M. Cyert, J. G. March · 1964
Performance and Management in the Public Sector: Testing a Model of Relative Risk Aversion Sean Nicholson‐Crotty, Jill Nicholson‐Crotty, Sergio Fernández · 2016
A Behavioral Model of Public Organizations: Bounded Rationality, Performance Feedback, and Negativity Bias Sounman Hong · 2018
Bounded rationality, blame avoidance, and political accountability: how performance information influences management quality Sounman Hong, Sun Hyoung Kim, Jieun Son · 2019
Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback Henrich R. Greve · 2003
Search in Response to Negative Performance Feedback: Problem-Definition and Solution-Generation Joris van der Voet · 2022
Grading Teacher Performance Appraisal Systems: Understanding the Implications of Student Test Scores and Performance Information Use Ellen V. Rubin, Christine H. Roch, Sylvia G. Roch · 2023

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Searching near and far? Search distance and performance below historical and social aspirations Catarina Antunes Mantas, Joris van der Voet, Amandine Lerusse · 2026

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