Performance Appraisal in Modern Employment Relations

Tindara Addabbo is Associate Professor of Economic Policy in the Marco Biagi Department of Economics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. Edoardo Ales is Professor of Labour Law at the Parthenope University of Naples, Italy. Ylenia Curzi is Assistant Professor of Organisation and Human Resource Management in the Marco Biagi Department of Economics of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. Tommaso Fabbri is Professor of Organisation and Human Resource Management and Vice-Director of the Doctoral School E4E (Engineering for Economics, Economics for Engineering) at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. Olga Rymkevich is a Researcher in Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the Marco Biagi Foundation at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. Iacopo Senatori is a Researcher in Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the Marco Biagi Foundation at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.

1. Introduction; Olga Rymkevich.- Part I. Setting the Framework.- 2. Performance Appraisal Criteria and Innovative Work Behaviour: The Mediating Role of Employees' Appraisal Satisfaction; Ylenia Curzi, Tommaso Fabbri and Barbara Pistoresi.- 3. Performance Appraisal and the Dynamics of Wages; Tindara Addabbo.- 4. Technology, Power and the Organisation: Wearable Technologies and their Implications for the Performance Appraisal; Lia Tirabeni.- 5. Work Performance and Organisational Flexibility: At the Core of the Employment Contract; Elena Gramano.- Part II. Monitoring, Digital Tracking, Ratings and the Appraisal of Work Performance.- 6. Employee Privacy in the Context of EU Regulation 2016/679: Some Comparative Remarks; Federico Fusco.- 7. The Lie as a Privacy Protection Measure; Izabela Florczak and Marin Wujczyk.- 8. Social Work Assessment and Information Systems: A Critique of Managerialist Models and an Agenda for an Alternative Approach; Roberto Albano, Ylenia Curzi and Arianna Radin.- 9. Customer Ratings as a Vector for Discrimination in Employment Relations: Pathways and Pitfalls for Legal Remedies; Rossana Ducato, Miriam Kullmann and Marco Rocca.- Part III. Conclusion.- 10. Is Performance Appraisal Compatible with the Employment Relationship? A Conclusive Plea in favour of an Achievement-oriented Approach to Work Organisation; Edoardo Ales.