Date of Award

1-1-2019

Language

English

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

College/School/Department

Department of Psychology

Program

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Content Description

1 online resource (ii, 46 pages) : color illustrations.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Dev K Dalal

Committee Members

Jason G Randall

Keywords

Personality and culture, Organizational sociology, Organizational behavior, Corporate culture

Subject Categories

Psychology

Abstract

Organizational personality inferences are the human-like attributes individuals ascribe to organizations. Extant research has shown that individuals can reliably distinguish organizations on these traits, and that these inferences can influence individuals’ judgments of organizations. Theory of Symbolic Attraction (TSA) posits that the importance given to an organizational personality trait when forming judgments depends on the type of person. Utilizing a full-factorial policy capturing design, this study (1) investigated how much weight individuals give to each personality factor when forming judgments of organizations, and (2) tested TSA propositions that individual social identity concerns moderate the weight given. Results show that organizational personality traits had direct effects on organizational judgments, but some of these direct effects were moderated by social identity concerns.

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