What appraisal bias occurs when an evaluator rates an employee based primarily on recent performance rather than their performance across the entire review period?

Explanation

• Recency Bias occurs when evaluators focus on an employee’s most recent actions (positive or negative) over the past few weeks, ignoring earlier performance across the full appraisal period.
• Keeping continuous, documented critical incident logs throughout the year helps managers eliminate recency bias.
• Primacy Bias is the opposite error, where early impressions disproportionately skew long-term evaluations.