Performance evaluation and organizational commitment: Performance evaluation, which is generally considered
an important HR practice, is an official procedure that is normally carried out as an interview once in a year and is
prepared after careful consideration; and it is a platform that helps employees discuss their past performance and
their future needs with their employers and design their future action plans Murphy and Cleveland (1995). With the
new developments in business administration, performance evaluation is not a simple tool that records and
documents employees' performances anymore. It is now evaluated as a strategic approach that is not only
responsible for the individual performances of employees, but also for the relationship between the headquarters and
branch offices and between the employees themselves Singh (2004). In the existing literature, a training and
performance-based compensation relationship has been revealed between performance evaluation and different parts
of HRM systems. If executed appropriately, in any organization, the performance evaluation system will allow the
determination of the performance levels and skills of employees; as well as realizing the deficiencies of the people
who are found out to need training Locke, Latham and Smith (1990). This fact emphasizes performance evaluation
practices as an important factor in any organization. In research, performance evaluation HR practices that
positively influence the improvement of employee skills and expertise are predicted. The number of studies
supporting the argument that individual performance depends on skill, motivation and opportunity have dramatically
increased in time. According to social exchange theory, investing in the wishes of employees will cause the
workplace behaviour of the employees to be more positive in any organization Cropanzano and Mitchell (2005).
This will cause an increase in the motivation level of employees and in the end, the employees doing their best to the
advantage of the company and having a wish to maintain their commitment Kuvass and Dysvik (2009). According
to this, it is expected that performance evaluation results should be in a direction that will make the employees feel
competent and successful (Fey et al. 2009) and a more motivated and dedicated workforce will be obtained.
However, the studies up to now are based on western societies. This study which is conducted in Turkey will present
a different perspective on the subject., because the prevailing culture in Turkish organizations is different from the
culture prevailing in western organizations. This discussion is led by the hypothesis below:
H3: There is a positive correlation between HR performance evaluation practices and organizational commitment.