Toronto, Canada (PRWEB)
April 7, 2009 -- Over the past 5 years employees in North America have
consistently overrated their abilities, indicates a study conducted by
The Beacon Group.
The Beacon Group, a leading advising firm in the field of
organizational development, asked managers in the US and Canada to rate
their employees after they had completed a self-assessment of their
abilities. Employees were evaluated on traits such as ethics &
integrity, customer focus, accountability, teamwork, decision making,
communication and many others. The study analyzed over 10,000
individual surveys submitted over the past 5 years.
In 50% of the evaluations across all categories, managers ranked
their employee’s performance lower than the employee’s self assessment.
Only 33% of manager evaluations were higher than the employee’s self assessment.
“It’s common for employees to overrate their abilities and this
becomes a more pronounced trend during recessions when individuals
attempt to promote their value to the organization”, said Michael
Sitayeb, Director Product Development & Marketing for The Beacon
Group.
The average difference between a manager’s evaluation and the self-assessment of an employee is only about 4 percentage points.
“Most employees try to be fair and reflective during self-evaluations” added Sitayeb.
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