Positivity bias in employees' self-ratings of performance relative to supervisor ratings: The roles of performance type,performance-approach goal orientation,and perceived influence |
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Authors: | Onne Janssen Gerben S van der Vegt |
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Institution: | 1. Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen , Groningen, The Netherlands o.janssen@rug.nl;3. Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen , Groningen, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | As hypothesized, data from two field studies among employees and their supervisors showed that employees are more likely to positively bias their self-ratings relative to supervisor ratings when creative performance rather than inrole performance is being evaluated. In addition, employees' performance-approach goal orientation and perceived influence were found to enhance positivity bias in self-ratings of creative performance. Moreover, performance-approach goal orientation and perceived influence appeared to combine and interact in their effects, such that the impact of perceived influence on positivity bias in self-ratings was larger when performance-approach goal orientation was weaker rather than stronger. |
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Keywords: | Perceived influence Performance-approach goal orientation Positivity bias in self-ratings of performance Type of performance |
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