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Criterion contamination

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In management & leadership, criterion contamination means: A problem in which a performance measure is influenced by factors outside the performance it is intended to assess.

In Turkish: ölçüte ilgisiz etmenlerin karışması

How it is used

Use when unrelated influences affect a score, such as unequal resources in a measure intended to compare individual skill.

Example sentences

  1. Criterion contamination made the better-equipped branch appear to have more capable staff.

    Equipment differences influence a score intended to reflect employee capability.

  2. The analysts examined criterion contamination before linking customer ratings to individual performance.

    The analysis checks whether external conditions are being attributed to the employee.

Common collocations

  • identify criterion contamination
  • criterion contamination in ratings
  • performance reviewA regular formal meeting in which a manager and an employee discuss how well the employee has done their job, agree on a rating and set goals for the next period.
  • benchmarkA standard or reference point used to compare performance, such as a competitor's results or an industry average; as a verb, to make that comparison.

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