Accountability in a Performance Appraisal Context: The Effect of Audience and Form of Accounting on Rater Response and Behavior
研究绩效评估中问责制的影响，发现对高地位或混合地位受众负责的评估者评分更准确，而对低地位受众负责则评分更虚高；面对面问责比书面问责更准确。
This study explored how context influences accountability in a performance appraisal context. Results demonstrate that audience characteristics influence rating quality, as raters accountable to higher status or mixed-status audiences provided more accurate ratings, whereas those accountable to a lower status audience provided more inflated ratings. Participant note taking also mediated the relationship between accountability to higher status or mixed-status audiences and rating accuracy. Raters required to account for ratings in person as opposed to in writing were more accurate when accountable to higher status or mixed audiences and provided more positive indicators of behavior when accountable to a lower status audience.