Biasness in rating employee

Question

What do you understand by Biasness in rating employee?

Answer 1

It is the problem with subjective measure i.e. the rating which will not be verified by others. Biasness of rater may include:

(a) Halo Effect: It is the propensity of the raters to rate on the basis of one trait or behavioural consideration in rating all other traits or behavioral considerations.

(b) The Central Tendency Error: They want to be on the safer side as they are answerable to the management.

(c) The Leniency and Strictness Biases: The leniency biasness exists when some raters have a tendency to be generous in their rating by assigning higher rates constantly.

(d) Personal prejudice: If the raters do not like any employee or any group, in such circumstances he may rate him on the lower side of the scale.

(e) The Recent Consequence: The raters frequently maintain information about the current activities of the employee at the time of evaluation and evaluate depend on recent action taken place.