Resumen de The impact of interdependence on performance evaluations: : the mediating role of discomfort with performance appraisal

M. Carolina Saffie-Robertson, Stéphane Brutusa

• This study investigates the link between interdependence, discomfort with conducting performance appraisal and subsequent evaluation tendency. Interdependence, an individual-level cultural value, was hypothesized to be related to discomfort, which, in turn, was expected to be related to evaluation leniency. Our results indicate a positive relationship between interdependence and evaluation leniency. Moreover, the data collected also confirmed the mediating role of discomfort in this relationship. These results highlight the impact that cultural background can have on performance appraisals. We discuss the implications of these results for performance appraisal and propose future areas of research on how other cultural aspects can influence evaluators discomfort and subsequent evaluations.