A 360-degree Managers Performance Appraisal System in an Iranian Industrial Company

The purpose of this study was to design and analyze a comprehensive 360 degree manager performance appraisal system in a large company in Isfahan, Iran. Therefore, 54 employees were selected as following: 9 managers, 9 superiors, 9 colleagues, and 27 subordinates. The research questionnaire was the Iranian Managerial Position Questionnaire (IMPQ), prepared by a group of specialists with 82 items in a 5-point Likert scale and with 9 sub-scales. The 9 managers completed the questionnaire with regard to themselves and the other subjects completed it with regard to those managers. The results showed that :(1) the mean total scores of self-appraisal of managers was significantly higher than either their supervisors'' or subordinates'' appraisals of them (both were significant at P< .05 level), and (2) managers'' appraisals of their own performances were significantly higher than the appraisals of other sources of them (P<.05). The limitations as well as some suggestions for further studies are also mentioned.