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Mere Thought And Self-Monitoring: Individual Differences In Hiring Decisions, Robert Gargrave
Mere Thought And Self-Monitoring: Individual Differences In Hiring Decisions, Robert Gargrave
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
We believe that mere thought and self-monitoring may play a role in the thought processes that underscore hiring. We hypothesized that more thought would lead to a greater degree of attitude polarization and that this relationship will be mediated by belief confidence and belief consistency. We hypothesized that normative information would moderate the effects of thought on polarization for high self-monitors. We predicted that belief confidence and belief consistency would mediate the effect of thought on polarization for low self-monitors. To research these hypotheses, 163 undergraduates were surveyed. Participants were asked to rate potential candidates for a salesperson job. They …