title: Accountability and need for cognition effects on contrast, halo, and accuracy in performance ratings.
abstract: In the present study, the authors investigated the effects of accountability and need for cognition on contrast errors, halo, and accuracy of performance ratings examined in good and poor performance context conditions, as well as in a context-free control condition. The accountability manipulation reduced the contrast effect and also modified rater recall of good ratee behavior. Accountability reduced halo in ratings and increased rating accuracy in a poor performance context. Accountability also interacted with need for cognition in predicting individual rater halo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Cammack 127, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 40475, USA. Jerry.Palmer@eku.edu
authors.forename: Jerry K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Jack M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Feldman
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D011361:Professional Competence; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment; D012941:Social Responsibility; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires