01169pab a2200145 454500008003600000100001500036245009400051362003000145520072500175650002000900650001800920650004000938700002000978773002500998180718b   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aJiayuan Yu  aModesty bias in self ratings of performance: a tast of the cultural relativity hypothesis  a46(2) Summer 93, p.357-63  aAlthough self-ratings of performance are usually higher than ratings obtained from supervisors, Farh, Dobbins, and Cheng (1991) found that Taiwanese workers exhibited modesty bias (i.e., self-ratings that were lower than supervisory ratings). They explanined their findings in terms of broad cultural differences between Taiwanese and Western workers. To test this cultural relativity hypothesis, we replicated their study using data from several organizations in mainland China. As is typically found in Western research, Chinese workers showed leniency in self-ratings(i.e. self-ratings that were higher than supervisor or peer ratings), which suggests that broad cultural factors do not explain the modesty bias repor  a Service Rating  a Self Ratings  aPersonnel -- Service Rating-- China  aKevin R. Murphy  aPersonnel Psychology