Abstract

The present study examined how the contextual factors of performance appraisal affect the rater's memory and appraisal to the ratee's behaviors. Among the contextual factors, the study testified the effect of the evaluation procedure and the rater's affect toward the ratee on the relation between memory and appraisal. The result showed that the relation between memory and appraisal significantly more increased in the retrieval-rating procedure than in the rating-retrieval one. In the condition that the rater has positive affect toward the ratee, appraisal is based on on-line processing appeared. Whereas memory significantly related appraisal using evaluation through memory-based process in the negative affect condition. The effect of the interpersonal affect was very different depending on the appraisal procedure. In the retrieval-rating procedure, appraisal significantly related memory when the rater has positive affect toward the ratee. However, in the positive affect condition, on-line process appeared, even though the retrieval-rating procedure was used. Moreover, regardless the interpersonal affect condition, the relation between memory and appraisal did not show significance in the rating-retrieval-memory procedure. The research implication and limitations were discussed.