Jack is completing Mike's annual performance evaluation.Mike always is in the office first and has the coffee ready for Jack when he comes in.Jack smiles thinking what a great employee Mike is for going to the extra effort and getting in early.With little thought,Jack ranks Mike high on all performance categories.Jack's rankings may have been impacted by the _______ effect.
A) Golem
B) kinesics
C) coffee
D) halo

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The halo effect is a cognitive bias where an overall positive impression of a person influences subjective evaluations of their specific traits or abilities. In this scenario, Jack's positive impression of Mike's behavior of making coffee may have influenced his rankings of Mike's performance in all categories. This is a common example of the halo effect in the workplace.

Jack Is Completing Mike's Annual Performance Evaluation