In plain English
It combines the judgments from different performance criteria into one final result. That single result stands for the person's performance as a whole, based on all relevant criteria.
In context
Here, "overall rating" denotes the final score representing the person's performance as a whole across all relevant criteria.
- Situation
- Setting goals, receiving feedback, completing reviews, and discussing performance
- What it communicates
- labels the final performance rating field.
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not say how the final score is determined.
Examples
“Although her teamwork score was excellent, her overall rating was only average.”
“At the end of the review, the supervisor recorded an overall rating for each employee.”