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EVALUATION OF BUSINESS MEMOS: EFFECTS OF WRITER SEX AND ORGANIZATIONAL POSITION, MEMO QUALITY, AND RATER SEX
Author(s) -
MORROW WILLIAM R.,
LOWENBERG GEULA,
LARSON STEPHEN,
REDFEARN MICHAEL,
SCHOONE JOAN
Publication year - 1983
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.1744-6570.1983.tb00504.x
Subject(s) - psychology , position (finance) , quality (philosophy) , association (psychology) , variance (accounting) , social psychology , applied psychology , business , accounting , philosophy , finance , epistemology , psychotherapist
This study investigated main and interaction effects of memo quality, attributed author sex and organizational position, and rater sex on evaluation of business memos. Alternative questionnaire versions of four memos to be rated anonymously were mailed to about 500 members of a professional personnel association; 48% were returned. A 2×2×2×2 analysis of variance yielded a large main effect for memo quality; an interaction effect of attributed author sex and position and rater sex for two memos; and other interaction effects for single memos. The results are discussed.