Ah. Church et Dw. Bracken, ADVANCING THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OF 360-DEGREE FEEDBACK - GUEST EDITORSCOMMENTS ON THE RESEARCH AND PRACTICE OF MULTIRATER ASSESSMENT METHODS, Group & organization management, 22(2), 1997, pp. 149-161
360-degree feedback and/or multirater or multisource assessment method
s have become one of the most popular and yet least understood managem
ent and organizational interventions in recent years. The editors of t
his special issue devoted to the subject provide (a) an introduction t
o the current usage and efficacy of these feedback systems in organiza
tional settings, (b) a brief overview of the major themes and issues r
aised in the 6 articles included in the volume, and (c) a set of gener
al comments and reflections about the state of research and practice o
n multirater assessment methodologies, with directions for future rese
arch.