Han Believes That All His Employees Do a Good Job

question 115

Multiple Choice

Han believes that all his employees do a good job.When he gives performance appraisals, he rates everyone as "average" because he thinks that doing a good job is an average rating.In reality, several of Han's employees are excellent and several are below average.It appears Han is making a(n) _________ error in his performance appraisals.

• A)recency
• B)contrast
• C)attributional
• D)distributional
• E)ranking

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