SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON JUDGMENTS ABOUT TASKS

被引:80
作者
WEISS, HM [1 ]
SHAW, JB [1 ]
机构
[1] TEXAS A&M UNIV,COLLEGE STN,TX 77843
来源
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE | 1979年 / 24卷 / 01期
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10.1016/0030-5073(79)90020-5
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
The effects of the awareness of other workers' attitudes on individuals' judgments of the motivating potential of tasks were studied in a laboratory setting. Results showed that subjects' task judgments were significantly influenced by the attitudes of other workers as well as by objective task differences. Additionally, the influence of other workers' attitudes on task judgments was significantly stronger for Field Dependent subjects than for Field Independent subjects. Results are discussed in terms of the importance of socially provided information on workers' attempts to structure organizational experiences, factors which might influence the weight given to social information, and the problems associated with using perceptual measures of organizational characteristics. © 1979.
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页码:126 / 140
页数:15
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