Self-Report Bias and Accuracy in a Simulated Work Setting Effects of Combined Feedback on Task and Self-Reported Performance

Department or Administrative Unit

Psychology

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2003

Journal

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Abstract

Signal detection theory was applied to an experiment that examined the effects of feedback on self-report bias and accuracy in a simulated work setting. Manipulating combined feedback on task performance and self-reports resulted in increased task performance and self-report accuracy, but did not systematically affect self-report bias. This research shows promise for determining the variables of which self-report behavior is a function in organizational settings where more objective sources of data are impractical, unethical, or not readily available. Implications for the provenance of self-report considerations for behavioral applications in organizational settings are also addressed.

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