Authors
Richard D Goffin, Ian R Gellatly, Sampo V Paunonen, Douglas N Jackson, John P Meyer
Publication date
1996/9
Journal
Journal of Business and Psychology
Volume
11
Pages
23-33
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press
Description
We compared the criterion validity of a new “relative” performance appraisal format (percentile-based ranking) to that of an “absolute” format (BOS) in a sample of 88 unit managers. Overall, our results suggest that the relative format has higher criterion-related validity than does the absolute format. These findings contradict conventional wisdom that format-related differences in measures of performance are minimal and that relative approaches to performance appraisal are inferior.
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