Whether Perceptions of Performance Appraisal Quality relates to HR Strength and Employee Performance? The Moderated Mediation Models

Abstract

Using Kelley's attribution theory, this study investigated the association between performance appraisal quality and employee performance perceptions.This study focuses on the mediating role of HR strengths, which is defined as the process through which management communicates HR information to employees, and the moderating impact of the employee's religious faith.Results based on the sample of62 supervisors and 401employees in Pakistan’s Telecom sector revealedthat (1) perceptions of PAQ were positively related to employee performance; (2) HR strengths mediated this relationship; and (3) the association between perceptions of PAQ and HR strengths, as well as the indirect influence of perceptions of PAQ on employee performance via HR strengths, were both weakened by faith in religion.Theoretical and practical contributions are also presented in this research.