“…In fact, appraisal reactions such as satisfaction, acceptability, and motivation to use feedback, are cited as an important trend in the appraisal research during the past ten years in a recent review of that literature (Levy and Williams, 2004). Although Levy and Williams cite several other trends as well, studies focusing on ratee reactions to appraisals and feedback (e.g., Taylor, Masterson, Renard, and Tracy, 1998) are an important step in helping us to understand how appraisals can be used to actually improve performance. As noted in their review, ‘.…”