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LEADER INFLUENCE IN THE ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE
Author(s) -
KLIMOSKI RICHARD J.,
FRIEDMAN BARRY A.,
WELDON ELIZABETH
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1980.tb02359.x
Subject(s) - standardization , psychology , context (archaeology) , session (web analytics) , quality (philosophy) , voting , social psychology , group (periodic table) , group decision making , process (computing) , applied psychology , law , computer science , political science , epistemology , paleontology , philosophy , chemistry , organic chemistry , politics , world wide web , biology , operating system
The role requirements of leaders in an assessment group context were manipulated in a laboratory simulation. Discussion leaders (chairholders) either did or did not have first hand contact with an individual who was being assessed. Furthermore, chairholders were either allowed a formal say in the group's decision or were not. As predicted, different configurations of role requirements had an impact on the influence wielded by the chair, as indexed by measures of group process, group decision, accuracy and group member attitudes. Both prior contact and voting rights had direct and interactive effects and served to increase chair influence. Particular role requirement combinations also produced a type of group disruption as reflected in group member ratings of the quality of the session. The results of the study are discussed in forms of implications for the standardization of procedures in assessment center programs.