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Performance Management and Organizational Justice

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PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT/APPRAISAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE

My research program focuses mainly on two research areas: performance management/appraisal practices and organizational justice. Early in my career, I also focused on team processes but recently I have only investigated teams in either performance appraisal or organizational justice contexts. Most of my current projects address two debates. Currently, in the context of performance appraisal, academics and practitioners are debating whether organizations should abolish performance ratings – a debate driven not by academics but by the many organizations that have eliminated performance ratings during the past few years. In the context of organizational justice, several researchers have criticized the use of Social Exchange Theory as a blanket explanation for why employees reciprocate just treatment and support from organizations and their representatives (supervisors) with attitudes and behaviors benefiting the organization. My lab is currently investigating Social Exchange Theory. We also have projects combining my interests in organizational justice and performance appraisal.

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SOME RECENT ARTICLES AND PRESENTATIONS
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Published Articles since 2019

Ciancetta*, L., & Roch, S. G. (2021). The role of gender in performance feedback: Uncovering new areas of the backlash effect. Human Resource Management, 60(4), 641-657. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22059

Roch, S. G., & Braddock*, K. L. (2020). Do employees prefer to receive ratings? The role of justice perceptions and justice-related factors. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 19(3), 103–112. https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000243

Roch, S. G., Shannon, C., Martin, J., Swiderski, D., Agosta, J., & Shanock, L. (2019) Role of employee felt obligation and endorsement of the just world hypothesis: A social exchange theory investigation in an organizational justice context". Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 49(4), 213-225. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15591816

Conference Presentations since 2019

Roch, S. G., Zhuang, W., Park, J., Sim, W. Y., & Shaju, S. (to be presented 2022). Performance management rater calibration meetings from the employee perspective [Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, United States.

Roch, S. G., Zhuang, W, Shaju, S., Park, J., Jin, F., & Brooks*, R. (2021, April). Performance rating calibration meetings, rating preference, and rating format. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, virtual

Roch, S. G., Shaju, S., & Ash, J. (2021, April). Social Exchange Theory: Justice, felt obligation, and individual differences. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, virtual

Roch, S. G. (2020, June). Understanding social and contextual factors in performance management. Discussant for symposium conducted for the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, virtual.

Zhuang, W., Park, J., Jin, F., Brooks, R. R., & Roch, S. G. (2020; June). Training and justice: Role of felt obligation and trainer just and unjust behaviors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, virtual

Hunt, S., Haaland, D., Karavis, P., Levy, P., & Roch, S. G. (2019, April). Talent reviews: comparing performance rating research to "real-world" rating methods. Roundtable Discussion presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Washington D.C.

Roch, S. G., Ayman, R., Mitchell Gibbons, A., Pool, G., Shahani-Denning, C., & Stoptaugh, C. (2019, April). IO Psychology master's program issues and challenges: Program Director perspectives. Panel Discussion presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Washington D. C.

Rubin, E., Roch, C. H., & Roch, S. G. (2019, April) Grading teacher performance appraisal systems: Understanding the implications of fairness perceptions. In Behavior of Street-Level Bureaucrats Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il.

*** In case you are wondering, the picture is from our cabin in WY where I spend summers

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