Jonathan,a Supervisor,needs to Assess His Subordinate's Performance

question 36

Multiple Choice

Jonathan,a supervisor,needs to assess his subordinate's performance.He uses a method that compares one employee with another.In doing so,he rates an exceptional employee as an average performer by mistake.Jonathan's manager tells him that he can avoid this type of error if he uses an assessment method that compares an employee with an objective standard rather than another employee.In the context of types of rating errors,Jonathan commits the _____ error.

• A) horns
• B) contrast
• C) leniency
• D) halo
• E) distributional

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