Date of Award
12-1985
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Alyce M. Dickinson
Second Advisor
Dr. Norman Peterson
Third Advisor
Dr. Dale Brethower
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Self- and supervisor ratings were obtained on four classifications of non-teaching public school employees across two instructional conditions. Self-ratings showed more leniency in the condition where employees were instructed not to meet with the supervisor to discuss the ratings; self-ratings showed less leniency in the condition where employees were instructed to meet with the supervisor to discuss the ratings. Despite foreknowledge of the research question and instructional conditions, supervisors showed a tendency to rate employees differentially according to the instructional conditions. The results of the analyses demonstrate the potency of instructional control on rating behavior by employees and supervisors. Questions were raised as to the adequacy of using supervisor ratings as a comparison or criterion measure of leniency.
Recommended Citation
Nelson, Maria Barnum, "Instructional Control of Leniency in Self-Appraisals" (1985). Masters Theses. 1396.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1396