A Performance-Rating Error in Which the Appraiser Tends to Give

question 148

Multiple Choice

A performance-rating error in which the appraiser tends to give employees either unusually high or unusually low ratings is referred to as a:

• A) recency error
• B) error of central tendency
• C) leniency or strictness error
• D) halo error

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