A Laboratory Study of Some Effects of a Realistic Task Preview.
Abstract
The effects of manipulating the realism of a task preview on affect, turnover or withdrawal feelings, performance, and ability-performance relationships were explored. A motivation-based hypothesis was presented suggesting that realism should have a main effect on performance and an interactive effect with ability, but only an hypothesis that realism approaches affect was supported. Post-hoc, turnover or withdrawal feelings were shown to be related to realism through affect. The realism manipulation concerned job content (not context) and varied on a general-specific continuum (three conditions, N = 36). Evidence suggested that contextual and specific job preview information may have their greatest effect on attitudes and that performance is best predicted from ability. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA055879
Entities
People
- Benjamin Schneider
- John J. Parkington
Organizations
- University of Maryland