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USING POLICY‐CAPTURING TO MEASURE ATTITUDES IN ORGANIZATIONAL DIAGNOSIS
Author(s) -
MADDEN JOSEPH M.
Publication year - 1981
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.1744-6570.1981.tb00947.x
Subject(s) - psychology , measure (data warehouse) , social psychology , basis (linear algebra) , applied psychology , data mining , computer science , mathematics , geometry
The need for an indirect method of attitude measurement that could be applied on an individual basis was suggested. Policy‐capturing was proposed as filling all requirements. When used in 3 experiments, this method detected prejudicial attitudes toward females that were not detected using traditional, direct methods.