ABSTRACT
As I noted in the previous two chapters, a distinguishing characteristic of the DeNisi, Cafferty, and Meglino (1984) model, was the emphasis we placed on the acquisition of information raters would use in making appraisal decisions. It followed from this that we should spend a considerable amount of effort in trying to understand how raters acquired information they used, and the implications of these acquisition activities for subsequent evaluations. In fact, much of our effort in this program over the first years was focused on questions of information acquisition strategies, their determinants, and implications.
