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Use the Best; Leave the Rest: The Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMES) for Performance Ratings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Daniel Schmerling  and
Anne Scaduto
Daniel Schmerling*
Affiliation:
Capital One, McLean, Virginia
Anne Scaduto
Affiliation:
Capital One, McLean, Virginia
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Daniel Schmerling, Capital One, 31 Pellinore Court, Baltimore, MD 21208. E-mail: daniel.schmerling@capitalone.com
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Adler et al. (2016) effectively discuss the shortcomings of performance ratings as well as performance management solutions. However, they leave out one important performance management solution from their review and discussion, the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMES; Pritchard, 1990; Pritchard, Harrell, DiazGranados, & Guzman, 2008; Scaduto, Hunt, & Schmerling, 2015). We intend to respond to Adler et al. by explaining how ProMES could make up for some of the shortcomings described in performance ratings and performance management, as well as challenge the field to further consider this well-researched and established evidence based solution as a viable alternative.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 2016 , pp. 305 - 309
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2016 

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