Leniency and severity errors lead to
A) a lack of discrimination between good and poor workers.
B) accurate performance appraisals for only favored workers.
C) discriminatory practices in hiring and promotion decisions.
D) All of the above

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Leniency and severity errors can result in a lack of discrimination between good and poor workers because the appraiser may rate all employees as either high or low in order to avoid difficult assessments. This can lead to inaccurate performance evaluations and unfair treatment of employees. However, these errors do not necessarily result in discriminatory hiring or promotion decisions or accurate appraisals for favored workers.

Leniency and Severity Errors Lead to