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| Author: | Schoorman, F. D. |
| Title: | Escalation bias in performance appraisals : An unintended consequence of supervisor participation in hiring decisions. |
| Journal: | Journal of Applied Psychology
1988 : FEB, VOL. 73:1, p. 58-62 |
| Index terms: | PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL MERIT RATING SUPERVISORS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Report on a study carried out in a public-sector organization, using 354 clerical workers as a sample, to investigate the tendency of supervisors to escalate their commitment to a previously expressed opinion by biasing performance ratings. The research hypotheses, method and procedure. The sample size. Validity of retrospective data. Ability as an alternative explanation. Supervisor effect as an explanation. Two Tables and a Figure illustrate the study. |
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