%0 Report
        %A Breulet, Anaïs
%A Grund, Christian
        %T Reviewed at Work, Restless at Night?  Performance Appraisals and Sleep Satisfaction
        %D 2026
        %8 2026 Apr
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 18541
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp18541
        %X Performance appraisals are one of the most widely used human resource management practices. This study investigates the relationship between performance appraisals and sleep satisfaction using large-scale, representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Sleep satisfaction is used as a comprehensive measure of perceived restfulness and sleep quality. The results show that performance appraisals are negatively associated with sleep satisfaction, even after controlling for a wide range of socio-demographic, work-related, and personality characteristics. This negative relationship is particularly pronounced when evaluations are tied to short-term financial outcomes. These findings highlight that performance evaluation processes may generate psychological pressure that undermines employee´s ability to rest and recover.
        %K performance appraisals
%K sleep satisfaction
%K monetary incentives
%K German Socio-Economic Panel