Performance management and well-being: a close look at the changing nature of the UK higher education workplace

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dc.contributor.authorFranco-Santos, Monica
dc.contributor.authorDoherty, Noeleen
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-14T12:55:52Z
dc.date.available2017-06-14T12:55:52Z
dc.date.issued2017-06
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between HRM and well-being has received a significant amount of research attention; however, results are still contested. Our study addresses this phenomenon in the Higher Education sector. We specifically investigate the association between performance management and the perceived well-being of academic staff. Our research finds that the application of a directive performance management approach, underpinned by agency theory ideas as evidenced by a high reliance on performance measures and targets, is negatively related to academics’ well-being (i.e. the more it is used, the worse people feel). In contrast, an enabling performance management approach, based on the learnings of stewardship theory, emphasising staff involvement, communication and development, is positively related to academics’ well-being. We also find the positive relationship between enabling practices and well-being is mediated by how academics experience their work (i.e. their perceptions of job demands, job control and management support). These results indicate that current trends to intensify the use of directive performance management can have consequences on the energy and health of academics, which may influence their motivation and willingness to stay in the profession. This research suggests that an enabling approach to managing performance in this context, may have more positive effects.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationMonica Franco-Santos and Noeleen Doherty. Performance management and well-being: a close look at the changing nature of the UK higher education workplace. International Journal of Human Resource Management, Volume 28, Issue 16, 2017, pp. 2319-2350en_UK
dc.identifier.cris17675054
dc.identifier.issn0958-5192
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2017.1334148
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12022
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectPerformance managementen_UK
dc.subjectwell-beingen_UK
dc.subjectacademiaen_UK
dc.subjectHRMen_UK
dc.subjectemployee work experiencesen_UK
dc.subjectPLS-SEMen_UK
dc.titlePerformance management and well-being: a close look at the changing nature of the UK higher education workplaceen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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