Page 9 - Employee Evaluations
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Halo Effect
•Rating an employee excellent in one quality, which influences the rater to give that
employee a similar rating or higher than deserved rating on other qualities
Logic Error
•Rater confuses one performance dimension with another
Central Tendency
•Providing a rating of average or around the midpoint for all qualities
Common Strict Rating
Rating Errors •Rating consistently lower than the normal or average
Lenient Rating
•Rating consistently higher than the normal or average
Latest Behavior
•Rating influenced by the most recent behavior instead of looking at the whole appraisal
period
Initial Impression
•Failing to recognize most consistently demonstrated behaviors during the appraisal period
