Exam 11: Performance Appraisals

Though raters typically store information about worker performance accurately,when they recall information,it is in terms of trait categories.

Merit guidelines allocate pay increases based upon:

Which of the following statements is not true?

Raters who are low on conscientiousness and very agreeable tend to:

A study of ratings of managers found that approximately ____ percent were rated below average.

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

Which of the following is not a strength of supervisors as raters?

If the work of a secretary is judged by the number of words per minute and errors per page,the measure is:

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

A major difference between rankings and ratings is ratings use an absolute versus a relative scale.

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

Employees who are dissatisfied with performance appraisals are less satisfied with their pay.

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

The main problem of use of merit pay is how to get employees to view raises as a reward for performance.

List the areas of errors in the performance appraisal process.

In what type of system are annual goals established and passed down through the organization?

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

Which of the following statements is true regarding rater training?

Workers who start out as high performers but decline,are rated slightly higher than those whose performance is consistently low.

Research has shown that the BARS format has proven the best for reducing rating errors.