Title:
A PERSONNEL EVALUATION APPROACH IN PUBLIC SECTOR

Authors:
Panagiota Pampouktsi, Spyridon Avdimiotis, Markos Avlonitis, Greece

Abstract:

Human capital is considered as the most valuable resource for an organization. Proper personnel selection for recruitment and positioning, including authority (managerial) positions, may affect significantly total organizational performance. In the Greek public sector, a research was conducted about the criteria used for personnel evaluation for positioning and performance. Our aim was to investigate the employees’ opinion about the variables used for personnel selection, promotion and performance, revealing their possible important statistical correlations. Results showed that employees consider formal qualifications, such as education, training and job experience, very important to evaluate candidates for the best matching to the appropriate positions, including authority positions. Statistical analysis, showed important statistical correlations between employees’ formal qualifications and parameters connected to performance. Exploratory Factor Analysis revealed four main factors for positioning and performance criteria. Confirmatory Factor Analysis led to a model to validate the statistical significance between the above factors. The model produced will represent the basis for further analysis techniques in order to predict the employees’ performance through formal qualifications even in the selection stage, using algorithms.