To Increase the Accuracy of Performance Appraisals, It Is Recommended

question 56

Multiple Choice

To increase the accuracy of performance appraisals, it is recommended that managers

• A) maintain at least a two-week delay between performance and evaluations.
• B) use a single rater rather than multiple raters so as to avoid discrepancies.
• C) educate evaluators about the biases of social perception.
• D) train evaluators to focus their ratings on the middle of rating scales.

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