INTRODUCTORY REMARKS FOR THE SYMPOSIUM "ORGANIZATIONAL APPLICATIONS OF SELF-APPRAISAL AND SELF-ASSESSMENT: ANOTHER LOOK".

The symposium, "Organizational Applications of Self-Appraisal and Self-Assessment: Another Look", is introduced with the notion that the self-concept and self-reports have again assumed a centrally important role in psychological research and theory. A recent paper by Bandura concerning the self-system in reciprocal determinism is discussed as an illustration of this notion, and as a possible foundation for applied research yet to be conducted on the self-evaluation process. Bandura's framework is amplified slightly for use in the applied context by adding the concept of self-report. Although Bandura's ideas are not dealt with by the other panelists in this symposium, this discussion of them will hopefully spur research and thinking on process , in conjunction with outcome , issues. Finally, the concepts of self-appraisal and self-assessment are contrasted.