Common Rating 07

Common Rating Errors

RATING TENDENCIES: When the rater evaluates those employees either too strictly, too leniently or only in the middle of the scale and fails to see the differences that always exists between employees. Lenient rating is probably the most common form of rating error. A major reason for this error is to avoid conflict; it provides the path of least resistance.

SAME AS ME EFFECT: When the rater evaluates those employees he / she perceives as being like herself / himself in a more favorable manner than those employees she / he perceives as being different.

DIFFERENT FROM ME EFFECT: Giving the ratee a rating lower than deserved because the person has qualities or characteristics dissimilar to the rater.