Human Resource Departments Are Sometimes Unintentionally to Blame for Supervisors

question 19

Multiple Choice

Human resource departments are sometimes unintentionally to blame for supervisors falling into the central tendency bias when evaluating employees,particularly when a human resource department

• A)informs supervisors not to cause any trouble with the union
• B)requires supervisors to justify very high or low ratings
• C)feels that it cannot replace a poor employee in a key position
• D)doesn't want to deal with grievances
• E)is in the process of downsizing

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