Bias in Performance Ratings: Clarifying the Role of Positive Versus Negative Escalation

• Main Authors: Slaughter, Jerel E., GREGURAS, G. J.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: Business Administration, Management, and Operations; Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1005; https://doi.org/10.1080/08959280802347213
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study replicated and refined research on the effects of escalation of commitment in performance ratings. We utilized experimental manipulations in a laboratory setting to determine whether positive escalation or negative escalation (or both) could be responsible for the effect. In one session,...