title: Evaluating frame-of-reference rater training effectiveness using performance schema accuracy.
abstract: Frame-of-reference training has been shown to be an effective intervention for improving the accuracy of performance ratings (e.g., Woehr & Huffcutt, 1994). Despite evidence in support of the effectiveness of frame-of-reference training, few studies have empirically addressed the ultimate goal of such training, which is to teach raters to share a common conceptualization of performance (Athey & McIntyre, 1987; Woehr, 1994). The present study tested the hypothesis that, following training, frame-of-reference-trained raters would possess schemas of performance that are more similar to a referent schema, as compared with control-trained raters. Schema accuracy was also hypothesized to be positively related to rating accuracy. Results supported these hypotheses. Implications for frame-of-reference training research and practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Sociology, and Social Work, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX 76909, USA. cgorman@angelo.edu
authors.forename: C Allen
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gorman
authors.forename: Joan R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Rentsch
mesh_terms: D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States