Substance versus style: A new look at social desirability in motivating contexts

被引:126
作者
Smith, DB
Ellingson, JE
机构
[1] Rice Univ, Jesse H Jones Grad Sch Management, Houston, TX 77251 USA
[2] Rice Univ, Dept Psychol, Houston, TX USA
[3] Ohio State Univ, Dept Management & Human Resources, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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10.1037//0021-9010.87.2.211
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B849 [应用心理学];
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040203 ;
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Although there is an emerging consensus that social desirability does not meaningfully affect criterion-related validity, several researchers have reaffirmed the argument that social desirability degrades the construct validity of personality measures. Yet, most research demonstrating the adverse consequences of faking for construct validity uses a fake-good instruction set. The consequence of such a manipulation is to exacerbate the effects of response distortion beyond what would be expected under realistic circumstances (e.g., an applicant setting). The research reported in this article was designed to assess these issues by using real-world contexts not influenced by artificial instructions, Results suggest that response distortion has little impact on the construct validity of personality measures used in selection contexts.
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页码:211 / 219
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