Is Conscientiousness Related to Performance Rating Accuracy and Perceived Difficulty in Rating?

Inaccurate ratings of job performance can have severe consequences for many organizations and the individuals in them. The present study examined conscientiousness and its relationship to performance rating accuracy and perceived difficulty in providing a rating. Rating accuracy was assessed by calculating deviations from true scores, while personality and perceptions of difficulty were acquired via self-report. Additionally, the relationship between perceptions of rating difficulty and the amount of information available for rating instrument items was investigated. The first two hypotheses were not supported, but as hypothesized, the relationship between rating difficulty and information available was negative and significant. Implications for future performance appraisal research are discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Psychology

Year

2008

Author dc:creator

• Alexander, Jeremy

• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/363

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-1366