As Director of HR,you Have Decided to Implement a Multisource

question 129

Multiple Choice

As director of HR,you have decided to implement a multisource rating system for employee performance.The employee population for which you will use this system numbers about 1,000,with an average of 15 employees in each work unit.Which of the following statements is likely to be TRUE?

• A) You will need to implement this as a Web-based system.
• B) This system will be most useful for making compensation decisions affecting employees.
• C) There will be fewer problems with rater bias because individual biases "wash out" statistically when there are multiple raters.
• D) Employees tend to rate co-workers more harshly than they rate themselves, so performance ratings will need to be adjusted for rating deflation.

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