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Performance management is a collective process of setting objectives in line with organizational mission and goals and monitoring individual performance in the achievements of these objectives through constant communication and feedback. Inherent in the communication and feedback are coaching and mentoring, information on performance directions, rewards, and in some cases penalties. Organizational culture relates to relationships and shared norms, beliefs, and values developed over time through both formal and informal arrangements in the organizational setting. National or ethnic culture, on the other hand, emphasizes the indigenous or traditional dictates and practices that define the identity, both individually and collectively, of those who constitute organizational participants.
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Bawole, J.N., Ibrahim, M. (2016). Performance Management and Culture. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_141-1
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