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  • January–February 2020
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  • Harvard Business Review

Give Your Colleague the Rating He Deserves—or the One He Wants?

By: Anthony J. Mayo, Joshua D. Margolis and Amy Gallo
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Abstract

The article presents a case study on business friendship and its possible effect on employee ratings. It mentions a hypothetical case where one member of a team didn't meet his deadlines on the development of a new product, the use of a peer-to-peer employee rating system, and how the other team members should approach assigning a rating.

Keywords

Groups and Teams; Relationships; Performance Evaluation; Decision Making

Citation

Mayo, Anthony J., Joshua D. Margolis, and Amy Gallo. "Give Your Colleague the Rating He Deserves—or the One He Wants?" Harvard Business Review 98, no. 1 (January–February 2020): 140–144.
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About The Authors

Anthony Mayo

Organizational Behavior
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Joshua D. Margolis

Organizational Behavior
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