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Table 1 Summary of the dimensions of PM

From: The relationship between organizational environment antecedents and performance management in local government: evidence from Ghana

No.

Variable

Definition

source

1.

Strategic planning

Strategic planning refers to the development of mission, vision, values, and the criteria for measuring organizational outcomes its achievement

Ammons and Roenigk [3]

2.

Performance monitoring and evaluation

Performance monitoring and evaluation is the process of tracing and setting benchmarks for measuring and ranking employee performance targets. It also involves meetings with the assessor and the assesse to agree on the targets and their outcomes

Performance evaluation also takes the form of formal appraisal of employees in a performance year

Lee [34] and Otley [48]

3.

Performance review

A performance review is a process where employees get to know how they have been able to achieve their targets or goals

Biron et al. [7]

4.

Performance improvement

Performance improvement is the process of obtaining formal information on the performance targets to help employees to correct performance deficiencies and enhance future performance

Lee [34]