Organizational Psychology

Purpose and methodology. The review of modern foreign and domestic publications is aimed at generalizing information on the impact of research performance evaluation on the stress level of scientists. Findings. A scientific performance evaluation is assessed differently within psychological and managerial discourses. Psychological studies are focused on publication stress and show its destructive power. Data on stress caused by evaluation was obtained in studies developed within theframework of economic, political and sociological theories and, for the most part, describe a resistancestage rather than exhaustion stage. Data from qualitative studies in these disciplines made it possibleto identify and describe additional stress factors. There are external factors: competition, sanctions, external control, opacity of the assessment process, changes in assessment rules, changes in norms and values of the scientific environment. Internal factors are overwork, high demands on oneself, responsibility, role conflict. Stress reduction is facilitated by management techniques of buffering and support. These could also be some personality traits (career focus, passion, high level of intellectual capital, young age, internalization of norms of evaluative culture) and professional status (high personal performance, weak financial dependence on evaluation, employment in the field of natural sciences). Research limitations. The mechanism of influence of evaluation on the occurrence of stress is a chainre action, during which evaluation, affecting the object, generates (activates) a number of stress factors.The results of all studies agree that evaluation causes a tension reaction. However, there is insufficient data on the exhaustion reaction. Actual knowledge level does not allow us to separate the assessment from other factors that influence the occurrence of destructive consequences of stress, and makes it relevant to form samples that include employees who have experienced the exhaustion stage. It is hypothesized that discipline-oriented assessments with a transparent and stable procedure cause lessstress. Stress prevention measures include informing employees in advance of changes in criteria and procedures and aligning performance requirements with disciplinary standards. Value of the results. Heterogeneous data obtained as a result of qualitative and quantitative studies in various scientific disciplines are summarized. The differences between psychological and managerial discourses in understanding the problem are indicated. The understanding of stress factors in scientists is expanded.