If you are a manager and have one extremely exceptional employee, you need to guard against __________ when evaluating the work of your other employees, because you may have the tendency to compare the characteristics of your other employees with those of the exceptional employee.
A) contrast effects
B) halo effects
C) selective perception
D) self-fulfilling prophecy
E) project errors

Question

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Contrast effects occur when the evaluation of a person's characteristics is influenced by comparisons with other people recently encountered who rank higher or lower on the same characteristics. In this scenario, comparing other employees to an exceptionally high-performing one can lead to unfairly undervaluing their contributions due to the contrast effect.

If You Are a Manager and Have One Extremely Exceptional