Judging Merit

Zusatztext "This is an excellent foray into the problems of judging merit (of research proposals! violinists! wines! personnel...) by three eminent social psychologists. They outline not only the pitfalls and difficulties of making evaluations but also offer concrete and useful proposals! grounded in theory! for improving judgments of merit." - David Messick! Kaplan Professor Emeritus of Ethics and Decision in Management! Kellogg School of Management! Northwestern University! USA Informationen zum Autor Warren Thorngate, Robyn M. Dawes, Margaret Foddy Klappentext Based on over 20 years' research in human judgment! decision making and social psychology! this unique book brings together what is known about the processes and problems of judging merit and their consequences. It provides practical suggestions for increasing the fairness of merit-based competitions! and examines the future and limits of these competitions. Zusammenfassung Based on over 20 years' research in human judgment, decision making and social psychology, this unique book brings together what is known about the processes and problems of judging merit and their consequences. It provides practical suggestions for increasing the fairness of merit-based competitions, and examines the future and limits of these competitions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction. 2. Merit and Bias. 3. Lessons from Clinical Research. 4. Standards and Double Standards. 5. Rules of the Game. 6. Organizing Adjudication Committees. 7. Committee Deliberations. 8. Competitions Small and Large. 9. The Evolution and Future of Competitions. Appendices.

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• Authors: Robyn M. Dawes, Robyn M. (Carnegie Mellon University Dawes, Dawes Robyn M., Margaret Foddy, Margaret (Carleton University Foddy, Foddy Margaret, Warren Thorngate, Warren (Carleton University Thorngate, Thorngate Warren
• Assisted by: Robyn Dawes (Editor), Warren Thorngate (Editor)
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.12.2008, delayed
• EAN: 9780805858358
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-5835-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Economics, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Social, group or collective psychology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Personnel & human resources management, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Intelligence & reasoning, Personnel and human resources management