<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Healthcare sector is considered as the knowledge-based sector and because of this innovation and creativity should be regarded as prerequisite for the survival and growth of the organizations which perform their activities within the sector. In this context development of pro-innovative culture within hospitals becomes crucial. In search for tools allowing to create the culture employees appraisal becomes an interesting tool to be further investigated. Due to the fact the main aim of the paper is to investigate the relationships between the employee appraisal system and innovation in the context of the organizational culture in the hospitals. Study was carried in eight public hospitals located in two voivodships in Poland. Not only qualitative but also quantitative data was analyzed in order to identify usefulness of employees appraisal as the tool of pro-innovative culture creation.</p></abstract>

Healthcare sector is considered as the knowledge-based sector and because of this innovation and creativity should be regarded as prerequisite for the survival and growth of the organizations which perform their activities within the sector. In this context development of pro-innovative culture within hospitals becomes crucial. In search for tools allowing to create the culture employees appraisal becomes an interesting tool to be further investigated. Due to the fact the main aim of the paper is to investigate the relationships between the employee appraisal system and innovation in the context of the organizational culture in the hospitals. Study was carried in eight public hospitals located in two voivodships in Poland. Not only qualitative but also quantitative data was analyzed in order to identify usefulness of employees appraisal as the tool of pro-innovative culture creation.

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Journal of Intercultural Management

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Employee Appraisal as the Tool of the Pro-innovative Organizational Culture Formation in Hospitals

Healthcare sector is considered as the knowledge-based sector and because of this innovation and creativity should be regarded as prerequisite for the survival...

Employee Appraisal as the Tool of the Pro-innovative Organizational Culture Formation in Hospitals³⁶

Published Online: Jan 29, 2016

Page range: 135 - 150

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/joim-2015-0015

Keywords
organizational culture, innovative culture, employees’ appraisal, performance appraisal, health care entities, hospitals

© 2015 Społeczna Akademia Nauk

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Employee Appraisal as the Tool of the Pro-innovative Organizational Culture Formation in Hospitals36

Published Online: Jan 29, 2016

Page range: 135 - 150

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/joim-2015-0015

Keywordsorganizational culture, innovative culture, employees’ appraisal, performance appraisal, health care entities, hospitals

© 2015 Społeczna Akademia Nauk

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Employee Appraisal as the Tool of the Pro-innovative Organizational Culture Formation in Hospitals³⁶

Keywords
organizational culture, innovative culture, employees’ appraisal, performance appraisal, health care entities, hospitals