Author Question: Name two factors that affect both supervisor ratings of employees and employee self-ratings. What ... (Read 481 times)

go.lag · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Name two factors that affect both supervisor ratings of employees and employee self-ratings.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

In a study by Baron et al. (1996) in which groups of three participants were asked to act as eyewitnesses, the greatest level of conformity occurred when participants were motivated to be ____ and the task was quite ____.

a. accurate easy
b. accurate difficult
c. accepted by their partners easy
d. accepted by their partners difficult

cascooper22 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Restriction of range problems and power are two factors common to both types of
rating. A restriction of range results when supervisor ratings are clustered around one
part of the scale, leading to very weak distinctions between employees. Similarly, selfratings show a restriction of range in that most ratings cluster in the positive end of the
scale. Power can also affect both rating types. Supervisors with power, compared to
those without power, tend to give lower performance ratings to subordinate others,
whereas individuals with high levels of power rate themselves exceptionally favorably.

Answer to Question 2

b