Question

Jonathan, a supervisor, needs to assess Megan, a subordinate's, performance. He considers that Megan is reliable and meets all his requirements, so he will rate her as a good performer. But then Jonathan thinks about an exceptional employee, Sue, in his department, and decides that, compared with her, Megan is just average. In this way, Jonathan's rating is a ________ error. Group of answer choices horns contrast leniency halo distributional

Answer 1

The correct answer is the second option: Contrast error.

Step-by-step explanation:

To begin with, the concept of ''contrast error'' in the field of business, refers to the situation where an employer or a superior tends to make a mistake or error caused by the effect of previously interviewed applicants that results in the fact of conciously or uncounciously comparing the two different applicants and tending to exaggerate the differences between them. Therefore that Jonathan's rating is a contrast error due to the fact that he compare Megan after thinking about another employee like Sue and thinking that she is not as good as Sue.