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The Impact Of Explanations In Rejection Letters On Perceptions Of Fairness And Accountability, Troy A. Romero
The Impact Of Explanations In Rejection Letters On Perceptions Of Fairness And Accountability, Troy A. Romero
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The present study was designed to test Folger and Cropanzano’s (1998) Fairness Theory as it pertains to perceptions of fairness and accountability in rejection letters. This study was a partial replication of Gilliland, Groth, Baker, Dew, Polly and Langdon (2001), which examined the impact of Fairness Theory variations in rejection letters on perceptions of fairness, recommendation intentions, and reapplication behavior. Participants in this study were applicants rejected in the first stage of the selection process with a large, Midwest corporation. Perceptions of fairness and accountability were collected after receiving one of four versions of a rejection letter: the company’s standard …
Job Satisfaction And Organizational Commitment Among Faculty At Taiwan's Higher Education Institutions, Yu-Ching Huang
Job Satisfaction And Organizational Commitment Among Faculty At Taiwan's Higher Education Institutions, Yu-Ching Huang
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The purpose of the study was to determine faculty members' level of job satisfaction and organizational commitment and to determine the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Two types of satisfaction were surveyed: intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Three types of commitment were surveyed: affective, normative, and continuance commitment. This study was delimited to faculty members at five institutes of technology in the Mid-Taiwan area.
The Influence Of Positive Performance Appraisal Ratings And Regulatory Focus On Motivation To Improve Or Maintain Performance, C. Allen Gorman
The Influence Of Positive Performance Appraisal Ratings And Regulatory Focus On Motivation To Improve Or Maintain Performance, C. Allen Gorman
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The present study was designed to test the anecdotal supposition that excellent performance appraisal ratings do not motivate employees to improve or maintain performance as much as good performance appraisal ratings. Self-regulatory focus theory (Higgins, 1997, 1998) predicts that high levels of motivation are induced either by failure under prevention focus or by success under promotion focus. Using a 2 x 2 completely randomized design, this study examined the effects of regulatory focus and performance appraisal ratings on motivation to improve or maintain performance. Research participation credit was used to manipulate regulatory focus, and bogus performance feedback was used to …
Organizational Justice, Organizational Citizenship, And Group Performance In An Educational Setting, Charles Peterson
Organizational Justice, Organizational Citizenship, And Group Performance In An Educational Setting, Charles Peterson
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Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) is a widely researched topic in the psychology literature. However, the research has failed to provide strong support for one of the most central assumptions of OCB, the assumption that it increases organizational performance. Thirty-one groups of graduate students participated in this research, which attempted to demonstrate a link between OCB and group performance within a social exchange framework. Data were collected measuring the groups’ levels of perceived trust, justice, and OCB; instructors provided grades and ratings of the performance of the groups on various class projects completed throughout the semester. Although the sportsmanship OCB sub-dimension …
The Effects Of Scripts On Treatment Integrity, Kyle S. Hesser
The Effects Of Scripts On Treatment Integrity, Kyle S. Hesser
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The extent to which teachers carry out interventions as designed, called treatment integrity, is an important area that has recently received an increase in attention. Without treatment integrity, any behavior change that may occur cannot be confidently linked to the intervention. There have been few studies attempting to increase treatment integrity using scripts. Scripts are collaboratively developed step-by-step outlines of treatment components that aid the teacher in implementing the intervention. Two general education elementary teachers used scripts to implement an intervention and monitor treatment integrity. Student performance was moderately improved once the intervention was implemented. Scripts did not significantly change …