Exam 3: Traditional Bases for Pay: Seniority and Merit

Which two factors should compensation professionals consider before endorsing the use of merit pay systems?

The concept that employee's knowledge and skills can be used to generate superior productivity is known as ________ theory.

Which performance appraisal system displays illustrations only of positive behaviors shown by an employee in various job dimensions?

An appraisal system that requires all employees be placed in groups that span the spectrum from well above average to well below average performance is called a ________ performance appraisal.

When supervisors rate all employees close to average,they commit errors of ________.

Which evaluation system requires that supervisors compare each employee to every other employee,identifying the better performer in each pair?

This type of performance rater's error occurs when the rater generalizes bad behavior on one aspect of the employee's job performance to the employee's over-all performance.

Summarize the four activities that can help minimize discriminatory performance appraisal practices.

In 2011,employees were expected to earn average merit increases of what percent?

A manager in a company gives higher performance appraisal rating to employees whose children attend the same elementary school as his/her children than employees without any children.What kind of rater error was made by the manager?

XYZ Company ranks its employees from the best performer to the poorest performer,and the employee with the best performance receives the highest ranking.What type of performance appraisal method is used by this company?

Among the various performance appraisal techniques,________ is the only one based on actual observable job behaviors.

There are 15 animal keepers working for the XYZ Company.Their supervisor is required to rate the performance of these workers based on the following criteria: 30% of the animal keepers will be rated as below-average,40% of the animal keepers will be rated as average,and 30% of the animal keepers will be rated as above average.What type of performance appraisal is used?

This type of behavioral performance appraisal system requires the review of past performance behaviors and outcomes in order to identify them as either successful or unsuccessful.

With these errors,supervisors tend to rate employees' performances lower than they would be if compared against objective criteria.

Among the various performance appraisal techniques,this appraisal system is the most defensible in court because it is based on actual observable job performance behaviors.

This performance appraisal system is based on employees and supervisors identifying on-the-job behaviors and behavioral outcomes that distinguish successful from unsuccessful performances.

________ by ________ is used mainly for managerial and professional employees and typically evaluates employees' progress toward strategic planning objectives.

XYZ Movers,a professional relocation company,has 3-person teams for their moving services.The company asks customers to complete a satisfaction survey regarding their recent move.For an employee's performance appraisal,customer satisfaction surveys are also considered in addition to his/her supervisor and team member ratings.Which of the following best describes this situation?

The General Schedule (GS)classifies federal government jobs into ________ classifications based on such factors as skill,education,and experience levels.