Kai ranks his employees on a scale of 1 to 5. In general most of his employees receive a rating around 3. Kai's actions indicate which of the following performance appraisal problems?
A) Central tendency
B) Halo effect
C) Bias
D) Appraisal bias
E) Equal rating tendency

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Kai's tendency to rate most of his employees around a 3 indicates he is experiencing central tendency, where he avoids giving extreme ratings and instead prefers to rate everyone in the middle range.

Kai Ranks His Employees on a Scale of 1 to 5