Performance management practices, employee attitudes and managed performance

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish the relationship between performance management practices, employee attitudes and managed performance.Design/methodology/approach – Using a disproportionate stratified purposive approach, a sample of 900 employees was drawn from four public universities in Uganda.Findings – The paper reveals that performance management practices and employee attitudes are crucial for achievement of managed performance in public universities.Research limitations/implications – This was a cross‐sectional study that inherently has common method biases. Such biases could be minimised with replication of the study using a longitudinal study approach that would also unearth all salient issues that could have remained untouched.Practical implications – The paper emphasises the need for public universities to institutionalise result‐oriented relationships and adapt in the external hyper changing environment.Originality/value – The paper calls for a new approach to managing emplo...