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HALO EFFECT [3 records]

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Record 1 2010-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
DEF

The tendency to rate someone high or low on all measures of job performance because of one dominating characteristic.

OBS

While the halo effect is generally positive for the ratee, it can sometimes be negative. Some would then call it the negative halo effect or the reverse halo effect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois
DEF

Résultat de la propension à favoriser certains candidats plutôt que d'autres au cours d'une évaluation en raison d'idées préconçues sur les critères d'appréciation.

OBS

Quoique généralement favorable à la personne évaluée, l'effet de halo peut être négatif (effet de halo négatif).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Evaluación del personal y los cargos
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Record 2 2005-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

[The deposit] of ink at the edges of halftone dots or printed letters, with lack of ink at the centre.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
DEF

The result of a hint of circulation on a coin that may otherwise appear uncirculated, as judged by markings, etc.

OBS

When the coin is rotated in good lighting there appears to be a slight dullness or halo around the monarch's bust or design elements in the open fields. The lustre that is protected by the letters near the periphery is distinctly different. The same is true for mirror-like fields, i.e. the quality of the mirror effect is much better in the protected areas. The dulling effect is a result of the very lightest amount of contact of the coin with other objects, enough to disrupt the lustre.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage

Spanish

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