A SECOND LOOK AT BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION SCALES |
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| Authors: | H. JOHN BERNARDIN JEFFFREY S. KANE |
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| Affiliation: | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University;Office of Personnel Management Washington, DC |
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| Abstract: | Latham, Fay, and Saari (1979) discussed the development of behavioral observation scales (BOS) for the appraisal of foremen and managers. They present arguments and data in support of BOS and made several conclusions regarding the relative superiority of BOS versus other appraisal formats, particularly behavioral expectation scales. This critique of their article suggests that most of their conclusions are beset by conceptual problems, questionable statistical analyses, and/or a disregard of previous research. |
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