Effects of upward accountability and rating purpose on peer‐rater inflation and delay: a field experiment
通过现场实验，研究了向上问责和评级目的如何影响员工对同事评分的膨胀和延迟行为，发现问责与目的交互影响延迟，但对膨胀无显著作用。
Procedural influences on peer-rater distortion and delay were investigated in a field experiment. Employees (N=123) of a business information firm were randomly assigned to conditions in a 2 (upward accountability versus no accountability) by 2 (administrative purpose versus research purpose) experimental design. Results revealed evidence for an accountability by purpose interaction on rater delay. Specifically, raters delayed rating their peers when the purpose was research-only and they had to explain their ratings to a supervisor. When the rating purpose was administrative, no differences in delay due to accountability were obtained. We found no effects for upward accountability and rating purpose on peer-rater inflation. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.