Exam 5: Performance Appraisal

A performance management system typically does NOT include:

Lay out each of the five stages involved in the cognitive processing model. For each stage, provide an example of how the rater could make a mistake.

When raters give higher ratings to people who have the same beliefs and attitudes, it is known as the _____ error.

Research by Kluger and DeNisi (1996) indicated that nearly one-third of studies on feedback found that:

Kirk finds completing performance appraisals to be exhausting, so he does not bother to spend extra time reviewing his employees' performances. Instead, he gives them all ratings of 2.5 out of 5 without differentiating between good and poor performers. Kirk has likely committed the error of:

One difficulty related to telework is that:

One drawback to the development of a behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS) as an appraisal format is the:

Mimi is a supervisor with three subordinates-Alice, Blake, and Cleo. For performance appraisal purposes, she must first compare Alice to Blake, then Alice to Cleo, and finally Blake to Cleo. This procedure is known as a:

One reason why Rater Error Training (RET) does not appear to improve rating accuracy is that:

Raters can lose the respect of their subordinates by committing the error of _____ to maintain the impression of being tough and in charge.

Draw a graphic rating scale for the dimension of class participation.

What is the current trend in evaluating performance appraisals? How is this different from traditional approaches?

What steps should be taken to implement a performance appraisal in an organization?

Asking multiple raters and various levels of the organization to evaluate and provide feedback to a target employee is known as:

Kaia is often very busy at work. When she sees her employees engaging in good performance behaviors, she becomes distracted before she can commit this information into her long-term memory. Kaia has had difficulty in the cognitive processing stage known as:

Greg, a manager at a car repair shop, must identify one-third of his mechanics as above average, one-third as average, and one-third below average. Greg is being asked to use a:

In organizations, a performance management system is implemented:

In order to ensure our performance appraisal system evaluates job-relevant criteria, we typically rely on:

The social-psychological climate in which performance appraisal takes place is known as the:

When Tamika rates her subordinate, Chad, she gives him all 5s. She does this because Chad is genuinely excellent on all the performance dimensions on the appraisal. Tamika's ratings represent: