The Recency Effect Is a Potential Evaluator Bias That Occurs

question 73

Multiple Choice

The recency effect is a potential evaluator bias that occurs when:

• A)the rater has done too many employee evaluations recently
• B)the employee has just recently started the job and is therefore given an improper evaluation
• C)the rater has just recently started the job and cannot fairly evaluate the employee
• D)the rater allows recent employee actions to unduly sway evaluation of overall employee performance
• E)performance standards have just recently been developed

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