title: Attitudes, self-monitoring, and appraisal behaviors.
abstract: This study examined the influence of attitudes and self-monitoring on leniency (elevation accuracy) of performance ratings and personnel decisions. In addition, moderating effects of self-monitoring on the relationship between attitudes and accuracy of ratings and decisions were investigated. Attitudes and self-monitoring tendency of 210 managers-professionals were measured, and ratings provided and decisions made by them were used to test 3 sets of hypotheses. Moderated regression and follow-up split-group analyses indicated that self-monitoring moderated the relationship between attitudes toward accurate appraisal and rating accuracy. Self-monitoring significantly influenced rating and decision accuracy such that accuracy declined with increasing level of self-monitoring. Results highlight the influence of rater's personality on appraisal behaviors. Implications of results and directions for future research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Management and Quantitative Methods Department, College of Business, Illinois State University, Normal 61790-5580, USA. jimoham@ilstu.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jawahar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003657:Decision Making; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012647:Self-Assessment; D014342:Truth Disclosure