SELF-OBSERVER RATING DISCREPANCIES - ONCE AN OVERRATER, ALWAYS AN OVERRATER

Differences between the perceptions of self-raters and other observers are often found on 360-degree feedback instruments. This article reports on the nature of these self-observer differences. Specifically, self-observer discrepancies were found to be stable over time. In addition, discrepancies on skill-based multirater instruments were related to discrepancies on personality-based multirater instruments. This suggests that accuracy in self-perception is a stable individual difference. The implications for job performance and personality assessment are discussed. (C) 1993 by John Wiley and Sons, Inc.