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forced distribution: a standalone construct

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Human resource management

requiring raters to sort employees into fixed performance categories, often firing the lowest.

In human resource management, forced distribution refers to requiring raters to sort employees into fixed performance categories, often firing the lowest. This meaning comes from Scullen (2005) in Personnel Psychology.[1]

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References

Scullen, S. E., Bergey, P. K., & Aiman-Smith, L. (2005). Forced Distribution Rating Systems and the Improvement of Workforce Potential: a Baseline Simulation. Personnel Psychology, 58(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6570.2005.00361.x

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