The Relationship between Performance Appraisal and Organizational Entrepreneurial Orientation in Selected Employees of the Vice Chancellor for Health at Iran University of Medical Sciences.

Introduction: The performance appraisal system is known as one of the factors affecting employees' performance, and organizations are required to consider the components of organizational entrepreneurial orientation toward achieving effective goals and performance. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between performance appraisal and organizational entrepreneurial orientation in selected employees of Health Deputy at Iran University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This descriptive-analytical and sectional study was conducted in 2020. The sample consisted of 102 employees with a score of last year's performance evaluation. The annual performance evaluation score and a standard questionnaire were used to assess the performance of employees and their organizational entrepreneurial orientation, respectively. Data analysis was performed using SPSS statistical software version 25. Results: The organizational entrepreneurial orientation was reported as moderate. The highest and lowest mean scores were related to the autonomy and competitive aggressiveness dimensions, respectively. Although there was a significant and negative relationship between performance and risk-taking, competitive aggressiveness and innovativeness variables, no significant relationship was found between proactive ness and autonomy variables. Conclusion: The results showed that there was a significant negative relationship between performance appraisal and the organizational entrepreneurial orientation. It seems that this inverse relationship is due to the lack of necessary conditions for the tendency toward organizational entrepreneurship and also ignoring entrepreneurship in the axes and indicators of employee performance evaluation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]