R. Nathan, Barry et A. Alexander, Ralph, The Role of Inferential Accuracy in Performance Rating, Academy of Management review , 10(1), 1985, pp. 109-115
The presence of shared implicit theories of performance is used in explaining the failure of behavioral anchors to improve performance ratings.It is proposed that efforts to improve rating accuracy also will be hampered by a preoccupation with observation.Instead, attention needs to be focused on the inferential accuracy of the rater and the cognitive processes and implicit theories upon which raters rely.