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Who Will Evaluate Me? Rater Selection in Multi‐Source Assessment Contexts
Author(s) -
Brutus Stéphane,
Petosa Sandra,
Aucoin Emelie
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of selection and assessment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.812
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1468-2389
pISSN - 0965-075X
DOI - 10.1111/j.0965-075x.2005.00307.x
Subject(s) - psychology , preference , affect (linguistics) , selection (genetic algorithm) , inter rater reliability , performance appraisal , social psychology , applied psychology , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , rating scale , statistics , communication , mathematics , management , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics
This study investigates the factors that motivate the preference of individuals, or ratees, participating in multi‐source assessment (MSA) processes for some raters over others. Two rater characteristics were assessed to attempt to identify these preferences: rater familiarity and the affect toward the rater. Two separate studies were conducted to assess the extent to which these characteristics are used. The extent to which the purpose of the appraisal (developmental vs. administrative) and the rating source (peer vs. subordinate) influenced the use of these characteristics was also investigated. Evidence from these two studies suggests that ratees selected their raters based on rater familiarity but not on affect. In addition, while the purpose of the appraisal did not influence selection patterns, the preference for peers was motivated by different factors than the preference for subordinates. The implications of these results for research and practice are discussed.