TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Breulet, Anaïs
AU  - Grund, Christian
        TI  - Reviewed at Work, Restless at Night?  Performance Appraisals and Sleep Satisfaction
        PY  - 2026/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 18541
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp18541
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - performance appraisals
KW  - sleep satisfaction
KW  - monetary incentives
KW  - German Socio-Economic Panel
        ER  -