Exam 11: Performance Appraisals

What are the various factors that influence performance ratings?

"Rank and yank" is a _____ rating format.

Which of the following is most likely to motivate employees to perform better?

Unlike employment tests,performance appraisals are not subject to the same EEO regulations.

Performance appraisals are more accurate when raters are required to provide feedback to subordinates.

The question,"Does the instrument lend itself well to validating employment tests?" applies to which criterion of appraisal formats?

The performance of hourly workers is more likely to be tied to quantifiable measures than managerial workers.

What are the types of pay systems that do not have high motivational potential,but provide equal increases to all employees regardless of performance?

In which of the following rating formats are leniency,severity,and central tendency errors not present?

The greatest amount of research on rating formats has focused on reducing error and improving accuracy.

A major criticism of standard rating scales is:

MBO is particularly well suited as a basis for administrative decisions such as pay raises.

Since much of performance may be explained by one performance factor,it may not be useful to rate performance on many dimensions.

Overall performance in both the standard rating scale and MBO is the weighted average of ratings on all dimensions.

In the _____ type of performance evaluation,supervisors answer open-ended questions.

In making performance appraisals,managers tend to focus on either good performance,counterproductive performance,or both.

Which of the following statements is true regarding rater training?

When tasks are highly uncertain and it is not clear how to define successful performance,the most appropriate rating format is:

The total quality management advocates contend that telling raters that much of performance is caused by the system rather than the individual employee makes ratings less accurate.

All of the following are steps to creating a good performance appraisal process except: