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Of Babies and Bathwater: Don't Throw the Measure Out With the Application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

David J. Woehr  and
Sylvia G. Roch
David J. Woehr*
Affiliation:
Department of Management, University of North Carolina Charlotte
Sylvia G. Roch
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to David J. Woehr, Department of Management, University of North Carolina Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001. E-mail: dwoehr@uncc.edu
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Adler et al. (2016) provide a discussion of the pros and cons surrounding the issue of “Getting Rid of Performance Ratings.” Yet neither the pro nor the con side of the debate appears to fully consider the central role of performance ratings outside the realm of performance management.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 2016 , pp. 357 - 361
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2016 

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