Common Rating 09

Common Rating Errors

SPILL OVER EFFECT: Allowing past performance appraisal ratings to unjustly influence current ratings. Past performance ratings, good or bad, result in a similar rating for the current period although demonstrated behavior does not deserve the rating good or bad.

STATUS EFFECT: Over rating employees in higher-level jobs or jobs held in high esteem and underrating lower level jobs or jobs held in low esteem.