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The tendency of a rater to let one positive trait influence the overall rating of an employee is called the:
- Horn effect
- Halo effect
- Central tendency error
- Recency effect
Answer
B. Halo effect
Solution
The horn effect is the opposite (one negative trait dominates).
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