Impression Management, Candor and Microcomputer-Based Organizational Surveys: An Individual Differences Approach.
Abstract
The present paper suggests an individual differences approach to the issue of whether responses on computerized survey are more candid than those on paper-and-pencil scales. It was hypothesized that skilled and motivated impression managers--individuals high in self-monitoring (Snyder, 1974), would inflate their scores on an index of job satisfaction under paper-and-pencil assessment but would exhibit lower levels of job satisfaction under computer assessment. Low self-monitors were thought to be relatively unaffected by mode of assessment. In the present study, currently employed management students were administered either a paper-and-pencil or computer version of the Job Satisfaction Index and the Self-Monitoring Scale. Interactions of self- monitoring and mode of assessment on subscales of pay, promotion, and coworker, as well as a combined measure of job satisfaction, indicated that high self- monitors were found to have lower levels of job satisfaction on the computer than on paper-and-pencil. Mode of assessment also influenced the job satisfaction of low self-monitors. Their job satisfaction scores were higher under computer assessment than on paper-and-pencil.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA240675
Entities
People
- Linda M. Doherlty
- Paul Rosenfeld
- Robert A. Giacalone
- S. M. Vicino
- Stephen B. Knouse