Performance reviews / evaluations are mostly a train wreck that everyone hates. So what do we do?

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Here's some new research on 'performance appraisal satisfaction,' or, phrased in more layman's terms, "how people feel about the idea of performance reviews." To avoid traipsing in the deep end of academia, let's turn to The Washington Post to let us know what the study found:

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