Steve sells traffic signs and tape to municipalities.In his region he has a few affluent communities that order the best items.Carla has even more communities in her region that are affluent,and she sells even more items.If their supervisor does not use some adjustment factor to account for the differences in regions when evaluating the performance of the two workers,the evaluations will exhibit

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Opportunity bias occurs when the circumstances or opportunities differ significantly between individuals being evaluated, leading to unfair comparisons. In this scenario, Carla has more affluent communities in her region, giving her more opportunities to sell higher quantities or more expensive items compared to Steve. Without adjusting for these differences, their performance evaluations would not accurately reflect their individual efforts or abilities, but rather the differing opportunities presented by their respective sales regions.

Steve Sells Traffic Signs and Tape to Municipalities