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The impact of rater agreeableness and rating context on the evaluation of poor performance
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posted on 2014-07-17, 10:35 authored by Raymond RandallRaymond Randall, Daniel SharplesWe tested the effects of rater agreeableness on the rating of others’ poor performance in
performance appraisal (PA). We also examined the interactions between rater agreeableness
and two aspects of the rating context: ratee self-ratings and the prospect of future
collaboration with the ratee after the feedback of PA ratings. Participants were government employees (N = 230) allocated to one of six experimental groups (a 3 × 2 between-groups design) or a control group (n = 20). Participants received accurate, low-deviated or high-deviated self-ratings from the ratee. Half were notified they would collaborate with the ratee in a future task. High rater agreeableness, positive deviations in self-rating, and the prospect
of future collaboration were all independent predictors of higher PA ratings. The interactions between rater agreeableness and rating context were very small and inconsistent. We argue that conflict avoidance is an important motivation for those rating the performance of others.
History
School
- Business and Economics
Department
- Business
Citation
RANDALL, R. and SHARPLES, D., 2012. The impact of rater agreeableness and rating context on the evaluation of poor performance. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 85 (1), pp. 42-59.Publisher
Wiley (© British Psychological Society)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2012Notes
The published version of this article is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/2044-8325.002002.ISSN
0963-1798eISSN
2044-8325Publisher version
Language
- en