SELF-OTHER AGREEMENT: DOES IT REALLY MATTER?

• Published in: Personnel psychology Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 577 - 598
• Main Authors: ATWATER, LEANNE E., OSTROFF, CHERI, YAMMARINO, FRANCIS J., FLEENOR, JOHN W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.1998; Personnel Psychology, Inc
• Subjects: Agreements; Feedback; Individual Differences; Leadership Training; Managerial skills; Outcome Measures; Perceptions; Performance appraisal; Predictor Variables; Ratings & rankings; Regression analysis; Researchers; Self evaluation; Studies; Subordinates; United States > US
• ISSN: 0031-5826; 1744-6570
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1998.tb00252.x

A current controversy in the self‐other rating and 360‐degree feedback literature is the extent to which self‐other agreement (and lack of agreement) has an impact on individual and organizational outcomes. Using a large sample and a multi‐source data set, the current study addressed some methodological limitations of prior research. Results from polynomial regression analyses demonstrated that both self‐ and other ratings are related to performance outcomes. This procedure revealed the underlying three‐dimensional relationship between self‐ratings, other ratings, and effectiveness. Findings indicate that the relationship between self‐ratings, other ratings and outcomes are somewhat more complex than previous conceptualizations in this area. Simultaneous consideration of both self‐ and other ratings in terms of the direction and magnitude of self‐ and other ratings is important for explaining effectiveness outcomes.