Question

Leroy, a senior manager, has been preoccupied with relocating the marketing division of Clifford Inc. to its new office. As a result, he is unable to monitor the work of his subordinates during this period. Therefore, he decides to give high ratings to all his subordinates in their performance appraisals, irrespective of their actual performance. In the given scenario, Leroy is most likely to commit a _____.
A) severity errorB) leniency errorC) horns errorD) halo error

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is option B) Leniency error

Explanation:

Leniency error is the kind of error that occurs when the person is too positive in making a judgment. Usually this judgment is passed on when in times of appraisals of an employee in which he is appraised regardless of his actual performance.

Therefore in the above example, the manager performs leniency error in terms of giving high rating to all employees regardless of the kind of performance they showed.