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The paper aims at studying the significance of Self Appraisal Technique use as a Performance Appraisal Tool. The paper will deal with the self appraisal technique as a tool in the performance appraisal technique and how it impacts the employee as well as the organization. The purpose of the paper also extends to the barriers that the employee and organization face when assessing a self appraisal form and when the employee writes in the form. The paper also highlights the biasness and the duplicity that can arise during this process. The study reveal that self appraisal technique has a huge impact on the process of performance appraisal process and helps the employee is self evaluating himself and to improves his skills accordingly. The paper also reveals that employee satisfaction increases as a result of the self appraisal form and this in turn leads to greater productivity from the employee. Self appraisal also has negative sides such as employee sometimes mark them very high as a result of which organization could make a wrong assessment regarding employees and in turn could promote less capable employees.

Keywords

Employee productivity; Employee satisfaction; Performance appraisal; Self appraisal technique

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