Attitude Similarity and Liking for a Supervisor

It was hypothesized that a job supervisor who is attitudinally similar to oneself will be evaluated more positively than an attitudinally dissimilar one for fairness in evaluating employees, understanding of people, open-mindedness, judgment in a work situation, personal attractiveness, and desirabi...

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Published inThe journal of psychology Vol. 88; no. 2; pp. 313 - 316
Main Authors Good, Katherine C., Good, Lawrence R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Provincetown, Mass., etc Taylor & Francis Group 01.11.1974
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Summary:It was hypothesized that a job supervisor who is attitudinally similar to oneself will be evaluated more positively than an attitudinally dissimilar one for fairness in evaluating employees, understanding of people, open-mindedness, judgment in a work situation, personal attractiveness, and desirability as a supervisor. Ss were 46 male and female undergraduates who filled out a 12-item Survey of Attitudes. During a later class period, each S received an attitude survey representing the attitudes and opinions of a hypothetical supervisor who showed either 83% or 17% agreement with each S's own views. S then filled out a Supervisor Judgment Scale for evaluations of the stimulus person. The hypothesized effect of attitude similarity was confirmed for all of the evaluation variables.
ISSN:0022-3980
1940-1019
DOI:10.1080/00223980.1974.9915742