The recency effect is a potential evaluator bias that occurs when:
A)the rater has done too many employee evaluations recently
B)the employee has just recently started the job and is therefore given an improper evaluation
C)the rater has just recently started the job and cannot fairly evaluate the employee
D)the rater allows recent employee actions to unduly sway evaluation of overall employee performance
E)performance standards have just recently been developed

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The recency effect happens when a rater allows recent employee actions to unduly influnece evaluation of overall employee performance. This means that recent events have a disproportionate impact on the overall assessment of an employee's job performance, rather than the employee's sustained performance over an extended period of time.

The Recency Effect Is a Potential Evaluator Bias That Occurs