The Korea Local Administration Review

This study empirically analyze the effect of perceived fairness on performance management system. The discussions focus on the mediating effect of perceived usefulness and responsive attitude. There are nine hypotheses based on literature reviews and six of the nine research hypotheses is supported. The empirical results indicate that distributive fairness, procedural fairness, and interactional fairness influence on perceived usefulness; interactional fairness and perceived usefulness influence on responsive attitude; responsive attitude influence on performance improvement. Based on the results, the authors confirmed that the potential implications of strategy for enhancing effective performance management system that of members positive attitudes toward performance management system supported by perceived fairness.