Traditional top-down performance reviews can also cause intimidation among employees and make them fearful of acknowledging weaknesses, says Samuel A. Culbert, a management professor at the University of California, Los Angeles and co-author of the book "Get Rid of the Performance Review!"
Kyle Lagunas, an HR market analyst at Software Advice, recently wrote a blog post of his own, responding to Culbert and another article written by Ira Wolfe called Trophy Kids: What Goes Around Come Around.