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Organizational Behaviour: Text and Cases
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Organizational Behaviour: Text and Cases

by Kavita Singh
May 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
500 pages
30h 14m
English
Pearson India
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PART I: INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES
state on to others. Interviewers are positively predisposed towards potential candidates who
are similar to them (in terms of background, interest, hobbies, and the like) and negatively
biased against candidates who are unlike them.
Contrast error: Interviewers have a tendency to compare potential candidates to other
candidates interviewed at the same time, rather than to some absolute standard. For exam-
ple, an average candidate may be rated too highly if several mediocre candidates preceded
her and a candidate might be scored too low if an outstanding applicant preceded her.
Overweighting of negative informatio ...
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