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Perceptions or reality: Is multi‐perspective measurement a means or an end?
Author(s) -
Tornow Walter W.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.3930320203
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , perception , focus (optics) , performance measurement , psychology , sociology , computer science , applied psychology , knowledge management , epistemology , data science , management , artificial intelligence , philosophy , physics , neuroscience , optics , economics
This article takes an epistemological perspective on “perceptions or reality” when examining multi‐rater assessment measures as means versus ends and contrasts the scientist's and practitioner's perspectives. Multiple ratings—when used to map differences as well as similarities in perceptions about common reference points—can be powerful tools for individual or organizational development applications. The application of measurement tools for development purposes is quite different from the psychometric focus of measurement, however. In the latter, measurement becomes an end in itself; in the former, it is more a means to an end. © 1993 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.