RATER CONFIDENCE AND SOCIAL-INFLUENCE IN PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS

被引:25
作者
ZALESNY, MD
机构
[1] School of Business Administration, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121-4499
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10.1037/0021-9010.75.3.274
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B849 [应用心理学];
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040203 ;
摘要
The influence of rater confidence on combined evaluations was examined when information from multiple sources was available. Confidence was related to evaluation extremity for novice raters when no other rater information was available. Information from multiple raters differentially affected the relationship between confidence and rating extremity. Evaluation information supplied by a highly confident, extreme rater significantly influenced evaluations from noninteracting novice raters but only minimally influenced evaluations from interacting novice raters. Among experts, raters seen as raising the greatest number of and the most persuasive arguments were most influential. The most accurate rater in a group had little effect on combined evaluations.
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