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Employees enjoy discovering in December that something they did in February has concerned you all year.
It creates suspense.
Unfortunately, the research…
Research territory
Feedback research examines the environment, timing, specificity, focus, and conditions under which performance information helps rather than merely attracts attention.
Anchor: feedback timing; performance appraisal; feedback environment.
Seed Claim Library for FEEDBACK: FEEDBACK-001, FEEDBACK-002, FEEDBACK-003. These are root-level research propositions, not an assertion that any one Claim maps one-to-one to this joke.
This static edition exposes the research territory and Seed Claim Library, not a finalized evidence verdict for this specific joke. Study-level citations, claim confidence, and evidence-change history will appear only after the research Machine completes its publication gate. The joke is never evidence.
Keep them guessing.
Explore FEEDBACK →The research hook identifies mechanisms to investigate. It is not a claim that the literature literally tested this Directive.
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