Jessica and Tanya Are Both Applying for the Same Job

question 411

Multiple Choice

Jessica and Tanya are both applying for the same job. Although Tanya has more experience in the area of the job in which she is applying, Jessica gets a higher rating from the interviewers because of her more extroverted personality and her more striking physical appearance. This tendency for the interviewers to have a favorable impression of Jessica and less favorable impression of Tanya is referred to as

• A)the halo effect.
• B)impression management.
• C)the critical incidents effect.
• D)the biodata discrepancy phenomenon.

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Definitions:

Precommitments

Commitments made in advance to a specific course of action, often used as a strategy to restrain one's future actions.

Salary Smoothing

The practice of moderating the fluctuations in an employee's pay through methods that stabilize income, such as averaging earnings over time or providing benefits that reduce the impact of income variability.

Payroll Deductions

The amounts withheld from an employee's payroll for taxes, insurance premiums, benefits, and other similar expenses.

Myopia

Short-sightedness, either literally in terms of vision or metaphorically in planning or decision-making.