What Performance Appraisal Problem Occurs When Supervisors Allow Individual Differences

question 147

Multiple Choice

What performance appraisal problem occurs when supervisors allow individual differences such as gender,race,or age to affect the ratings they give?

• A) central tendency error
• B) halo error
• C) recent behavior bias
• D) illegal discriminatory bias

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