The ________ Bias Can Explain Why Managers Doing Performance Appraisals

question 38

Multiple Choice

The ________ bias can explain why managers doing performance appraisals give more weight to recent employee behaviours than to behaviours of 6 or 9 months earlier.

• A) self-serving
• B) availability
• C) distinction
• D) confirmation
• E) hindsight

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Definitions:

GAAP

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; a collection of commonly-followed accounting rules and standards for financial reporting.

Accounting For Inventories

The process of tracking and managing the goods a company holds for the purpose of sale or production, including valuation and cost determination.

Perpetual Inventory System

An accounting method that records inventory purchases and sales in real time through continuous updates to inventory accounts.

LIFO Assumption

An inventory costing method that assumes the last items purchased are the first ones sold (Last In, First Out).