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Rater training for performance appraisal: A quantitative review
Author(s) -
Woehr David J.,
Huffcutt Allen I.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1994.tb00562.x
Subject(s) - psychology , performance appraisal , training (meteorology) , observational study , applied psychology , rating scale , frame of reference , dimension (graph theory) , developmental psychology , statistics , physics , management , meteorology , economics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
A substantial amount of research in the performance appraisal literature has focused on rater training as a means of improving performance ratings. Unfortunately the value of this research is somewhat equivocated by a lack of organization and integration. The present study provides an integration and a quantitative review of the rater training literature. A general framework for the evaluation of rater training is presented in terms of four rating training strategies (rater error training, performance dimension training, frame‐of‐reference training, and behavioural observation training) and four dependent measures (halo, leniency, rating accuracy and observational accuracy). Finally, a meta‐analytic review is presented to assess the effectiveness of the rater training strategies across the four dependent measures.