The Employees' Performance Management in View of Psychological Boundaries

As to performance management, the management has always put the attention on the technical aspects such as performance, appraisal approaches as well as feedback. This article discusses the relative factors affecting performance management from a new perspective, that is, psychological boundaries. The paper firstly reviews the literature, and then it defines psychological boundaries. Finally, it analyses how psychological boundaries impact on the performance from the perspectives of individuals and groups, such as cognitive, self-efficacy, motivation and group norms. In fact, the paper applies the theory of psychological boundary to solve the relative problems in management.