Which of the Following Is True of the Paired-Comparison Appraisal

question 35

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the paired-comparison appraisal approach?

• A) It typically involves hiring organizational psychologists to analyze the performance of employees as a group.
• B) It requires an appraiser to choose the most appropriate statement from a series of statements about an employee.
• C) It is most effective when a supervisor wants to find one outstanding employee in a group.
• D) It requires a supervisor to write a detailed description of an employee's performance.

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was adopted in 1868 as one of the Reconstruction Amendments, granting citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated.