Evaluating Frame-of-Reference Rater Training Effectiveness Using Performance Schema Accuracy

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Gorman, C. Allen; Rentsch, Joan R.
• 署名单位: Texas Tech University System; Angelo State University; University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/a0016476
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 1336-1344
• 关键词: frame-of-reference training; rating accuracy; schema accuracy

摘要

Frame-of-reference training has been shown to be an effective intervention for improving the accuracy of performance ratings (e.g., Woehr & Huffcutt, 1994). Despite evidence in support of the effectiveness of frame-of-reference training, few studies have empirically addressed the ultimate goal of such training, which is to teach raters to share a common conceptualization of performance (Athey & McIntyre, 1987; Woehr, 1994). The present study tested the hypothesis that, following training, frame-of-reference-trained raters would possess schemas of performance that are more similar to a referent schema, as compared with control-trained raters. Schema accuracy was also hypothesized to be positively related to rating accuracy. Results supported these hypotheses. Implications for frame-of-reference training research and practice are discussed.