Posted on June 8, 2020
Performance
Wondering about the impact of luck on performance assessments? Research discovered European football (soccer) league players who scored goals off the post were given more playing time and received higher ratings from journalists and fans, despite the role of chance (i.e. luck) in their goals. Given the existence of this bias in the highly scrutinized arena of sport, the researchers suggest a similar bias may also be present within the workplace.