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Performance measure aggregation – two action levels

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  • Junwook Yoo

    (Sungkyunkwan University)

  • Igor Semenenko

    (Acadia University)

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In practice, effort is often measured in two levels due to the simplicity. When employees' actions are restricted to two levels, this study shows that the basic measures can be aggregated into a one-dimensional sufficient aggregate without losing any information from the basic measures. The format of the one-dimensional sufficient aggregate is determined only by the statistical properties of the basic measures and the one-dimensional sufficient aggregate can be uniformly used regardless of organizational particulars. By using the one-dimensional sufficient aggregate, complexity of performance evaluation systems can be reduced and efficiency of motivating employees through performance evaluation can be substantially improved.

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  • Junwook Yoo & Igor Semenenko, 2021. "Performance measure aggregation – two action levels," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 41(2), pages 564-572.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-20-01131
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    aggregation; performance measures; sufficiency; performance evaluation;
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    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration

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