Item mapping for customized 360-degree-feedback models
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1999Author
Tetrault, Tisha A.
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University of Wisconsin--Stout
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Milanesi, Lou
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Many organizational consulting firms use the method of 360-Degree-Feedback to assess managers and executives for their clients. Information from this instrument outlines specific development and training needs for the clients’ organization. It also provides the consulting firm with data that can be used in research relating to effective organizational processes. Some client organizations require specific feedback, this specificity is provided by the customization of the instrument for the client. While this customization procedure provides the specific information clients need, it interferes with attempts to compare organizational processes across companies or develop standardized norms for the instrument. Item-mapping of these customized models is the necessary link for these research needs. This study was designed to provide an organizational consulting firm with a method of analyzing cross-client 360- Degree-Feedback data from customized models. The sample for this research project is 812 feedback models that are currently used with clients of Personnel Decisions International. Each model contains an average of 200 component items. The individual items contained in each of the customized models are mapped to other research equivalent items using a software program specifically designed for this purpose. The end result is five data sets that will allow the scores iv of all of the 360-Degree-Feedback models to be pooled into data sets and analyzed.
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