Managers tend to assess their effectiveness indirectly based on the results of their subordinates and fulfilling the organizational goals. However, assessing manager's efficiency is more complex and there are rarely clearly defined criteria available. Based on their research F. Ismagilova and G. Mirolyubova (2012) created the Model of subjective work efficiency control criteria. Their model consists of 40 work efficiency criteria, split into two groups of 20: easily measurable criteria (absolute or relative) – based on job requirements; and difficult to measure criteria (explicit or implicit) – based on professional experience. The questionnaire measuring the criteria usage prevalence among the participating managers was created based on this model in order to be used in parallel studies in Serbia, Slovenia and Russia. A wide range of demographic variables was included to explore whether criteria usage prevalence differences exist among managers based on their gender, age, education (general and management-related), number of subordinates, characteristics of the organization they work in (public / private sector, size and ownership, sector in which it operates). The aim of this study is to identify work efficiency criteria usage prevalence among young Serbian managers and to compare it with the usage prevalence among young Slovenian managers. We found that among Serbian managers use of easily measurable and difficult to measure criteria is equally prevalent. Age is the only variable for which statistically significant differences among Serbian managers were found on the total, easily measurable and difficult to measure criteria usage prevalence. For the other demographic variables, statistically significant differences in usage prevalence were found only in regards to some of the criteria groups. Statistically significant differences were found between Slovenian and Serbian managers – Serbian managers use easy to measure criteria more frequently and they tend to use more subjective work efficiency criteria overall comparing to the Slovenians. Comparing the difficult to measure subjective work efficiency criteria use prevalence, no statistically significant difference was found between Slovenian and Serbian managers.
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