Social Influences on Task Satisfaction: Model Competence and Observer Field Dependence.

Abstract

Factors affecting the influence of social information on task satisfaction were studied in a laboratory setting. Specifically, the effects of a worker model's task competence and an observing worker's Field Dependence on the observer's adoption of the model's expressed task attitudes were examined with divergent prediction from Social Learning and Attribution research tested. Results showed the acceptance of social information to be an interactive function of model and observer characteristics. The task attitudes of Field Dependent subjects were influenced by the model's attitudes regardless of model competence. Among Field Independent subjects the Social Learning expectation of acceptance of the attitudes of competent models only was supported. Results are discussed in terms of differences in the processing of social information when job attitudes are formed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA087317

Entities

People

  • Christine E. Nowicki
  • Howard M. Weiss

Organizations

  • Purdue University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Resources
  • Information Processing
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Naval Operations
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Resource Management
  • Students
  • Training
  • Training Films
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.