A performance evaluation method that gathers feedback about an employee from multiple sources including supervisors, peers, subordinates, and sometimes customers. It provides a comprehensive view of performance from all directions, like a 360-degree perspective.
The term combines '360' (referring to degrees in a complete circle) with 'review' from Old French 'reveoir' (to see again). This evaluation method developed in the 1980s as organizations sought more comprehensive feedback mechanisms, using the geometric metaphor of seeing from all angles.
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