If You Rate an Average Employee's Performance High Because You

question 72

Multiple Choice

If you rate an average employee's performance high because you compared the employee to poor performers,you are committing a:

• A) leniency error.
• B) contrast error.
• C) recency error.
• D) central tendency error.

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