The debate surrounding performance appraisal is even more contested in Nigeria following the rising claims of employee maltreatment in Nigeria. This has therefore led to suggestions by many scholars and Human resource experts alike that performance appraisals need to be replaced by a more effective measurement of employee performance (Shaout & Yousif, 2014 Zhang, 2004 Arabaiy & Suradi, 2007). Selvarasu & Sastry (2014) discovered in their study that majority of the performance appraisals in companies did not accurately measure employee performance. Therefore it is one of the most dreaded phenomenon that occur in a company. Managers do not like giving them and employees do not like receiving them (Houghton, 2010). Needless to say, performance appraisal is often a negative, disliked activity and one that seems to elude mastery (Russell & Russell, 2010). Furthermore, employees have opined that managers are subjective in their appraisal reviews which have rendered it purpose ineffective (Andersen & Pedersen, 2012). This is due to the fact that over the years many employees have viewed it as unfair and not an accurate measurement of their performance (Furnham, 2017). However, globally many Human Resource managers are beginning rethink the use and importance of Performance appraisal as a performance management method (Jocelyn, Kimanuchege & Musiega, 2013). The performance appraisal is a component of performance management, and it is vital, in that it directly reflects the organizationвЂ™s strategic plan. One of such factors is performance appraisal. Therefore, it is important to give credence to the factors that influences a companyвЂ™s human resourcesвЂ™ ability to be effective. Many researchers agree that the Human resource of the organisation give the organisation its competitive advantage (Diefendorff & Chandler, 2011 Muo, 2007 Messah & Kamencu, 2011). According to Sekiguchi (2013) the way organisations manage human capital rather than physical capital is the primary distinguishing and determining factor of the way an organisation performs. Over the years, this statement has held true.

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