The Transmission of Positive and Negative Feedback to Subordinates

Abstract

A review of the literature revealed that superiors were often thought to be poor sources of performance feedback for their subordinates. A laboratory study was undertaken to discover if and when delay and upward distortion of feedback occurred. A 2 x 2 design was used with the factors feedback vs. no feedback and medium high vs. medium low subordinate performance. As expected, ratings of subordinate performance made for feedback purposes were inflated significantly when subordinate performance was medium low but not when subordinate performance was medium high. Contrary to the hypothesis, feedback was delayed longer when subordinate performance was medium high rather than medium low.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA138265

Entities

People

  • Cynthia D. Fisher

Organizations

  • Purdue University

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Applied Psychology
  • Business Administration
  • Computers
  • Distortion
  • Feedback
  • Friendship
  • Human Behavior
  • Literature
  • Literature Surveys
  • Performance Appraisals
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Supervisors

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