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The Effects of Social Motivational Training Following Perceived and Actual Interpersonal Offenses at Work 1
Author(s) -
Dupuis Réjeanne,
Struthers C. Ward
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2007.00167.x
Subject(s) - psychology , prosocial behavior , social psychology , interpersonal communication , training (meteorology) , event (particle physics) , applied psychology , meteorology , physics , quantum mechanics
This research was designed to examine the effects of social motivational training (SMT) on coworker interactions following perceived and actual workplace transgressions. Study 1 participants were assigned to an SMT condition or a control condition (Job Satisfaction Training; JST). Their responses to a scenario‐based transgression were measured before and immediately after training. Study 2 examined the effects of multiple exposure of SMT 1 week after initial training. In Study 3, workers recounted a negative event at work, received SMT or JST, and an actual behavior was assessed. Study 4 involved face‐to‐face intervention. After recounting the negative event, participants were given one‐on‐one SMT or JST. Results indicate that SMT facilitated a prosocial motivational profile immediately after and 1 week following training.