Personality trait inferences about organizations: Development of a measure and assessment of construct validity

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Slaughter, JE; Zickar, MJ; Highhouse, S; Mohr, DC
• 署名单位: University of Arizona; University System of Ohio; Bowling Green State University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.89.1.85
• 发表日期: 2004
• 页码: 85-103

摘要

The authors conducted 4 studies to construct a multidimensional measure of perceptions of organization personality. Results of the first 2 studies suggest that (a) 5 broad factors are sufficient to capture the structure of organization personality perceptions, (b) real-world organizations differ on personality profiles, and (c) personality trait inferences are related to organizational attraction. Results of a 3rd study suggest that personality trait inferences assessed in 1 sample are related to ratings of organizational attractiveness by a 2nd sample. Finally, results of a 4th study suggest that the measure is sensitive to experimental manipulations of organizational descriptions. Implications and suggestions for the use of this measure in future research are discussed.