Author Question: Janet is perceived by her dining room manager, Sarah, as the best waitress who ever worked for her. ... (Read 45 times)

abarnes · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Janet is perceived by her dining room manager, Sarah, as the best waitress who ever worked for her. Naturally, Janet's ratings on her performance appraisal are all high. Tom, on the other hand, is an average waiter; yet, after evaluating Janet, Sarah's ratings of Tom are below average. This type of rating error is referred to as:

a. contrast error
b. halo error
c. proximity error
d. preference error

Question 2

If managers allow their performance ratings of one employee to affect their performance ratings of another employee, they have committed a _______ error.

a. strictness
b. contrast
c. carry over
d. proximity