Leniency bias in subjective performance evaluation : contextual uncertainty and prior employee performance

• Main Authors: Gong, Na, Boh, Wai Fong, Wu, Anne, Kuo, Tsuilin
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Business::Industries and labor; Job Non-routineness; Leniency Bias
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150430
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study examines the influence of contextual uncertainty on leniency biases exhibited in supervisors’ ratings of employees. We conduct a field study examining the performance evaluation of employees in two organizations in China over a four-year period. We focused on two key contextual factors th...