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IN ORGANIZATIONS
SERIES IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
Edwin A.Fleishman, George Mason University,
Jeanette N.Cleveland, Pennsylvania State University
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Russell Cropanzano
Justice in the Workplace: Approaching Fairness in Human Resource
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Job Feedback: Giving, Seeking, and Using Feedback for Performance
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How People Evaluate Others in Organizations
Manuel London
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Series Foreword ix
Edwin A.Fleishman
Preface xi
About the Authors xv
II SELECTION
III APPRAISAL
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viii Contents
IV DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES
V INTERPERSONAL INTERACTIONS
CONCLUSION
Index 369
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for the job and how they can avoid rater biases and other errors. The book
is meant for use by graduate students, practitioners, and researchers in
the fields of social psychology, industrial and organizational psychology,
and human resource management.
This book stems from my general interest in applied person perception.
From my research as a graduate student in the early 1970s, I investigated
information processing in employment interviews and the role of the
rater in performance appraisal. This developed into research at AT&T
in the late 1970s and early 1980s on how promotion decisions are made
by department managers and the importance of managers’ insights into
themselves and organizational opportunities as components of career
motivation and development. I then began a program of research on
multisource (360-degree) feedback surveys and explored factors that
influence rater agreement and ratee use of the results. The current book
extends this work to a comprehensive examination of how person
perception and social cognition influence a wide variety of organizational
human resource processes. I invited leading experts to examine basic
concepts in social psychology and the application of these concepts
to human resource methods. These applied processes are formal
mechanisms for making decisions, such as employment interviews (which
may be conducted by personnel experts or by managers without formal
human resource training), judgment and decision-making aids (such as
performance appraisal surveys), and general interpersonal processes.
The book is divided into five parts. The first introduces basic theory and
research on person perception, social cognition, interpersonal judgment,
and stereotypes. It reviews such topics as dispositional and attributional
inferences and judgment biases, indicating how these processes can
be functional as well as dysfunctional. The next four parts of the book
cover applications of person perception. Part II deals with employment
interviews, promotion decisions, and assessment centers. Part III
examines performance appraisal and multisource feedback surveys. Part
IV focuses on developmental processes, including leadership, career
dynamics, coaching, and managing problem performers. The final part
examines the role of person perception in interpersonal situations, such
as multicultural relationships, negotiations, face-to-face work teams,
and “virtual” teams (geographically dispersed teams that use electronic
means of communication). The concluding chapter summarizes and
integrates the major themes in the book and outlines directions for
applying social cognition to understanding organization and individual
decision processes.
Preface xiii
xv
xvi About the Authors
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Klimoski and Donahue explain that the way people see and judge others
is integrally tied to the social situation. Applying an input-processes-
output (IPO) model, they describe outputs as the consequences of a
decision for the decision maker and the person about whom the decision
is made. Processes in the model are cognitive, motivational, and affective.
Cognitive processes are the basis of classical person perception in social
psychology. In particular, cognitive structures for social information
processing (schemas and attribution processes) form heuristics to help
social perceivers form judgments and make decisions. Motivational
processes affect judgment, as when motives highlight the costs of being
indecisive or wrong. Affective processes drive decisions that are congruent
with the decision maker’s mood. Important social and interpersonal factors
include the history of the relationship between, and the similarity of, the
decision maker and the person about whom the decision is made. Inputs
include individual differences of the perceiver and target. Contextual
variables include task demands, group characteristics, and features of the
organizational system.
Klimoski and Donahue recognize that this IPO model is a convenient
way to organize social cognitive processes. However, they go beyond
this organizing framework to recognize the role of reciprocal causation
and the effects of social and normative forces on person perception. They
call this a “dynamic, embedded systems approach”—one that recognizes
the arbitrary distinction between cause and effect and incorporates the
social forces influencing person perception, such as accountability. They
note that person perception cannot easily be characterized in terms of
accuracy because of the contingent and volatile nature of what is being
perceived. Instead, person perception should be understood in terms of
the usefulness of the inferences to which it gives rise while taking into
account the demands of the observer’s task. These inferences are strongly
influenced by the motivation and skill of the perceiver in addition to the
clarity of the situation.
In short, Klimoski and Donahue set the stage for this book by showing
how theory and research on person perception and social cognition
offer a dynamic and rich picture of interpersonal judgment and decision
making. Affect, motivation, and goals determine how person perception
operates to affect decisions and behaviors. Rather than making objective,
dispassionate observations, people are more likely to be ego involved in
their perceptions and decisions in light of resulting personal consequences
to them as well as to those about whom their decisions are made.
The second foundation chapter, by Don Operario and Susan Fiske,
examines the causes and consequences of stereotypes in organizations.
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The authors review research on stereotyping, and offer four points about
stereotypes in organizations: (a) stereotypes are elusive—they are hard to
identify and even harder to control; (b) people use stereotypes to justify
inequalities in organizations; (c) stereotypes influence the behaviors
of both the stereotype holder and target, thus making it seem as if the
stereotypes are grounded in reality; and (d) stereotypes are responsive to
human intent, so they can be held in check with personal motivation and
social norms.
Operario and Fiske emphasize that, although stereotypes are elusive
because they are difficult to pin down definitively and even harder to
control, individuals and organizations can restrain the impact of stereotypes
on judgment and behavior by acknowledging their presence and potential
effects. Stereotypes are automatic, category-based perceptions stemming
from exaggerated beliefs that form preconceived notions about a group.
They can be an adaptive, fast way to understand other people with
little cognitive effort and to make judgments that are “good enough.”
Unfortunately, because stereotypes represent a generalization about a
group, they are often used to explain bias and inequality. When people
believe that stereotypes are true, they perpetuate them by attending to
observations that are consistent with the stereotypes, essentially creating a
self-fulfilling prophecy. The disadvantaged group comes to feel vulnerable
to stereotype-based biases, which in turn amplifies the power of stereotypes.
Fortunately, stereotypes are not immutable. By recognizing their subtlety
and pervasiveness, personnel in organizations can create responses and
norms that counter stereotypes and discourage behaviors, attitudes, and
decisions that perpetuate them.
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Beach, L.R. (1990). Image theory: Decision making in personal and organizational
contexts. New York: Wiley.
Beach, L.R., & Mitchell, T.R. (1990). Image theory: A behavioral theory of decision making
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London, M. (1995). Self and interpersonal insight: How people evaluate themselves and
others in organizations. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Person Perception in Organizations: An
Overview of the Field
Richard J.Klimoski
Lisa M.Donahue
George Mason University
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MAJOR THEMES
In reviewing the literature on person perception, we weave our discussion
around two higher order themes. The first theme characterizes the social
perceiver/decision maker as a “motivation tactician” (Fiske, 1992; Fiske,
1993; Fiske & Taylor, 1991). That is, he or she has goals for person
perception and these will guide the strategies he or she uses. The second
theme characterizes the social perceiver as a “coproducer” of person
perception. In other words, person perception involves interaction, and the
perceiver is an active participant in this interaction.
By emphasizing the coproductive nature of person perception, we
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accomplish the second major goal for this chapter and that is to set the
analytic tone for the other chapters in this volume. Specifically, we adopt
two analytic approaches consistent with the theme of coproduction. First,
a dynamic and reciprocal approach is used to reflect the manner in which
person perception is played out over time in social and work settings.
Second, an embedded perspective is used to incorporate the idea that
various levels of description (i.e., social perceiver, target, relationship, and
context) affect person perception. Examples from the applied literature
illustrate these analytic approaches.
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Target 4 Others
Perceiver
FIG. 1.2. Sources of behavioral cues from social interactions.
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behavior toward the target (line 2), the target’s behavior toward others
(line 3), others’ behavior toward the target (line 4), the perceiver’s
behavior toward others (line 5), especially with regard to others’ behavior
toward the perceiver (line 6). It is easy to see from this illustration that
person perception and the interpersonal context are inextricably tied to
one another.
A reasonable question regarding the processes involved in person
perception is which are likely to lead to more accurate decisions and
which are not. Indeed, the issue of accuracy has received considerable
attention by researchers (for discussions see Funder, 1987; Kruglanski,
1989; Swann, 1984). As pointed out by Kruglanski (1989), however,
“…as of now, no compelling analysis exist concerning the general
process whereby accuracy is obtained” (p. 401). We agree that trying to
identify the conditions or processes that always result in more accurate
judgments is a somewhat futile endeavor. Furthermore, we think that
person perception phenomena may be unsuitable to characterize in terms
of accuracy, mainly because of the contingent and volatile nature of
what is being perceived. Stated more simply, as a result of the dynamic
and reciprocal nature of perception in social interaction, what may be
accurate at one moment, may not be at the next. Instead, we suggest
that the reader think of the inferences derived from person perception
in terms of appropriateness, usefulness, or both, given the demands
of the perceiver’s task (see Fiske, 1992; Swann, 1984 for more on this
perspective). Essentially, we are saying that applied judgements, like most
human endeavors where accuracy is concerned, are strongly influenced
by the motivation and capacity (skill) of the perceiver, as well as the
clarity of the situation. Throughout this chapter, we discuss these factors
and point out how they influence the processes and strategies used by
social perceivers. In keeping with one of the chapter’s major themes, we
pay particular attention to motivation, indicating how perceivers can be
motivated to worry about being more accurate.
PROCESSES: MOVING
BEYOND COGNITION
We have selected basic processes that are the most informative for
understanding how person perception in work-related situations takes
place. In addition, our selection was guided by the growing recognition that
motivation and affect can and do affect person perception by influencing
the concepts, beliefs, and rules used by perceivers in making social
judgments (Forgas, 1995; Gollwitzer & Moskowitz, 1996; Kruglanski,
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1996; Kunda, 1990). Moreover, researchers now know that motivation and
affect influence the mode of processing information. That is, the extent to
which these processes are under the perceiver’s control depends in large
part on his or her goals and mood.
to understand and predict others’ behavior as well as choose his or her own
behavior in an effort to facilitate interpersonal interaction.
Although people rely on the surface features (e.g., physical appearance)
and behavior of the target in making attributions regarding the target’s
behavior, earlier inferences can also inform later ones. Thus, these
inferences work together to aid the social perceiver in making sense out
of the target. For instance, traits can be used to infer other traits. Such is
the case when early trait inferences, called spontaneous trait inferences,
activate implicit personality theories (Schneider, 1973), or beliefs about
how a set of traits are interrelated, and thus produce an overall impression
of the target in terms of his or her traits. But, in addition to other traits,
knowledge and intentions can also assist in making trait inferences.
Indeed, research has found that social perceivers often rely on the target’s
goals or intentions to infer traits (Borkenau, 1990; Read, Jones, & Miller,
1990). A final example of the influence of earlier inferences on later ones
is when a social categorization is primed and relied on to infer levels
of knowledge. This occurs when inferences are made regarding what an
individual knows on the basis of an assessment of his or her race, gender,
or occupation.
It is important to note that in addition to aiding subsequent
inferences, earlier judgments may also interfere with them. An
example of this occurs when the social context may prime or trigger a
goal to categorize a target as “good” or “bad.” This general impression
then “engulfs” the traits associated with it, increasing their observed
correlations even when their true scores do not covary. Cooper (1981)
evoked such an explanation in accounting for the occurrence of halo
error in applied judgments.
Ultimately, which inference(s) people make and the amount of control
they exert over the inference process depend on their motives and goals in
the particular judgment situation. However, in the absence of any specific
information processing goals, social perceivers are likely to succumb
to categorization first because social categories are easily perceived
on the basis of available and obvious physical features (Brewer, 1988;
Fiske & Neuberg, 1990). Although these categorizations and subsequent
inferences do occur somewhat automatically (see Gilbert, Pelham, &
Krull, 1988; Uleman, Newman, & Moskewitz, 1996), they can be brought
under more conscious control by social perceivers (see Brewer, 1988;
Fiske & Neuberg, 1990). As discussed in greater detail in the following
section, the social perceiver’s motives (e.g., accuracy) play a large part in
determining whether the perceiver goes beyond immediate categorizations
and characterizations of the target.
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rather than some standard (see Highhouse & Gallo, 1997). Anchoring and
adjustment also occurs when social perceivers use their own knowledge
to anchor their inferences of what the target knows and then rely on
information provided by the immediate context to make adjustments
(Nickerson, 1999).
Finally, social perceivers may also use priming as a cognitive heuristic
(Baron & Byrne, 2000). That is, in addition to being primed by the
situational characteristics, social perceivers may also generate their own
primes to assist in person perception. We already examined the notion that
earlier inferences can inform later inferences. Essentially, these earlier
inferences (e.g., spontaneous trait inferences and social categorization),
serve as primes and affect the social perceiver’s ratings of the target on
other (often related) dimensions (e.g., Moskowitz & Roman, 1992).
Are People Always Heuristical? Although there is evidence that the use
of schemas and heuristics is the default in social perception and judgment,
the pragmatic social perceiver abandons such effort-saving strategies
in favor of more systematic and controlled processing when cues from
the social environment indicate that it is necessary to do so. Models of
impression formation (e.g., Brewer, 1988; Fiske & Neuberg, 1990) suggest
that social perceivers use a continuum of processes in forming impressions
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that range from more schematic to more individuating (data driven). If the
perceiver interprets the available data as supporting the schema, then he or
she allows it to drive inference processes. However, if a determination is
made that the data contradict the schema, then the perceiver relies less on
the schema and more on the data.
Motivation is also an important determinant of just how far down the
continuum of impression formation processes a social perceiver will
move. Otherwise stated, when a social perceiver is sufficiently motivated
to do so, he or she will engage in more individuating processing. We
now turn our attention to motivational processes and discuss the
role of motives and goals on the manner in which individuals carry out
person perception.
Motivational Processes
Given the pragmatic nature of person perception, the cognitive structures,
processes, and strategies used by the motivated tactician are thought to
depend on his or her motives in relationship to the situation. Two general
motivational states relevant to social perception in applied contexts
include those that deal with the costs of being indecisive (expectancy-
oriented motives) and those that deal with the costs of being wrong
(accuracy-oriented motives; see Fiske & Neuberg, 1990; Fiske & Taylor,
1991). Either of these stems from forces in the environment that motivate
perceivers to seek to make accurate or “quick and dirty” decisions.
Motives That Make Salient the Costs of Being Indecisive. In general, the
costs of indecision increase whenever resources are limited. Here people
will engage in more cursory, superficial processing in which “information
search is curtailed, inconsistencies are ignored or seen as affirming, and
snap judgments are justified” (Fiske, 1993, p. 175). According to Fiske,
these quick and dirty strategies enable people to be “good enough social
perceivers” and, surprisingly, allows arrival at judgments that are pretty
accurate, given cognitive constraints. A number of factors can cause
capacity limitations and the corresponding use of more simplified strategies
(see Fiske, 1993; Kunda, 1999 for reviews). Among these factors are
time pressures (Gollwitzer, 1990; Gollwitzer & Kinney, 1989), cognitive
busyness (i.e., the current engagement in another cognitively demanding
task; Gilbert, 1989; Gilbert & Hixon, 1991), anticipation of a social
interaction or one’s turn in this interaction (Gilbert et al., 1988; Osborne &
Gilbert, 1992; Stangor & Ford, 1992), and anticipation of communication
(Fiske & Taylor, 1991).
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Motives That Make Salient the Costs of Being Wrong. When the costs
of being wrong are salient and it becomes necessary to be more accurate,
perceivers/decision makers tend to exert considerably more control over
social information processing. That is, when elicited, an accuracy motivate
can cause them to invest more effort in the judgment task and apply strategies
that are more detailed and complex (Kruglanski, 1980). Although the mere
instruction to be as accurate as possible has been shown to cause perceivers
to exert more effort toward and more control over information processing
(Neuberg, 1989, 1994; Pavelchack, 1989), an accuracy motive is more likely
to be elicited from cues from the social environment. In applied settings,
such things as prevailing norms and the social structure (e.g., cooperative
interdependence, status hierarchy, etc.) can increase the costs of being wrong
and thus elicit an accuracy motive. Although these conditions are elaborated
on in the next section on interpersonal and social processes, it is important
to note that a number of them stem from the perceiver’s lack of control in
his or her social environment. In this regard, the social perceiver is truly
pragmatic. As a result of this deprivation of control, the social perceiver will
be motivated to increase the accuracy of his or her judgments in the hopes
of improving the chances of satisfying personal goals (see Dépret & Fiske,
1993; Pittman & D’Agostino, 1989; Pittman & Heller, 1987).
particular task, but it is proximal goals that are more closely involved in
the allocation of these resources throughout task completion.
The importance of goals for social behavior was recently underscored
by Kenrick, Neuberg, and Cialdini (1999). As a result, these authors used
goals as an organizing device for their recent social psychology text. In our
view, the goals that have the greatest influence on most person perception
tasks overlap to a large degree with Kenrick et al.’s and include (a) getting
the task done (e.g., hiring someone), (b) preserving one’s self-esteem
(i.e., not looking foolish), and (c) maintaining relationships. Because of
cognitive limitations, focusing on some goals may reduce the capacity to
entertain others. Which of these proximal goals gain priority depends on
which goals are primed by the situation or are compatible with other goals.
However, some goals are chronically active because of frequent use or
survival value (e.g., to protect oneself).
Depending on the situation, these goals will influence the perceiver’s
motives, rather than be influenced by them. Thus, these goals may often
conflict with more distal, accuracy-oriented motives. This accounts for
many of the judgment and evaluation errors documented in the applied
literature. For instance, many rating errors in performance appraisal
may actually be the result of the perceiver’s consideration of the social
consequences and a goal to maintain interpersonal relationships (see
Longenecker, Sims, & Gioia, 1987; Wherry & Bartlett, 1982). That is,
being aware of a requirement to report impressions (evaluations), the
supervisor often appeared to “choose” between the benefits and social
risks of finding ways to document ratings that would be extreme (e.g., the
worker is very good or poor) or generating an appraisal that is somewhere
in the middle—or average (i.e., the central tendency “error”). In this
example, it is sometimes arguable as to just how aware the perceiver/rater
is of these tradeoffs.
Similarly, invalid ratings or rating errors found in interviews,
assessment centers, and performance appraisals may be accounted for by
a proximal goal to “get the job done.” In other words, the social perceiver
may succumb to the pressure of the evaluative requirement by formulating
an initial global judgment of suitability or effectiveness quickly, thus
stopping short of a fully engaged assessment of the target’s individual
characteristics and attributes. As detailed earlier in this chapter, these
global impressions frequently lead to the so-called halo error found in so
many ratings. They are also implicated in primacy effects, or the undue
influence of first impressions.
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Affective Processes
People’s judgments and decisions regarding others will also be “heated
up” by their emotions (Forgas, 1991; Kunda, 1999). That is, their
structures, strategies, and modes of processing can be colored by their
affective system, which consists of interpersonal evaluations, emotions,
and moods. As discussed by Fiske and Taylor (1991), interpersonal
evaluations and moods are affective states that are simple, long-term
positive or negative feelings. Their distinction lies in whether they have a
specific target: Interpersonal evaluations are in response to a specific target,
whereas moods are not. In contrast, emotions are complex, relatively brief
reactions involving physiological responses, subjective cognitive states,
and expressive behaviors (Fiske & Taylor, 1991; Forgas, 1994).
Although there is growing agreement that an interplay exists between
affect and cognition (e.g., Forgas, 1994; Isen & Baron, 1991), we limit
our comments in this section to a discussion of the influence of affect
on phenomena involved in person perception. In particular, we examine
the manner in which mood impacts social judgments in applied settings,
mainly because most of the applied research has focused in this area. In
doing so, we point out the utility of moods to the social perceiver. Contrary
to popular suggestions that affective states (moods and emotions) are
irrational and sources of human error, we take the view that, like motives,
moods have functional value (see also Kenrick et al., 1998; Zajonc, 1998).
Moods alert the perceiver to changes in the environment and the need to
alter current or adopt new information processing strategies (see Taylor,
1991). In this regard, we believe that moods work hand-in-hand with goals
in the service of the motivated tactician. Before elaborating on these ideas,
we first review some general findings of the impact of mood on people’s
judgments and behavior.
social perceivers (for reviews see Forgas, 1995; Schwarz & Clore, 1996).
In general, this research has found evidence of mood-congruent judgment,
or a match between mood and thoughts. Specifically, one’s judgments of
both self and others tend to be more positive when one is in a good mood
and more negative when one is in a bad mood.
Mood-congruent judgments are explained as a result of mood-
congruent memory (Bower, 1981, 1991). When a particular affective state
is activated, it triggers cognitive categories that are similar or related to the
affective state. Because this set of retrieved memories is congruent with
mood, judgments tend to be congruent also. We say more about mood-
congruent memory later when we discuss the mechanisms by which mood
(affect) influences judgments.
Support for the mood-congruent judgment effect is found in the literature
on performance appraisal and the employment interview. Whereas some
researchers have examined mood, specifically, others have investigated
the effects of liking as a more directed (i.e., focused on a specific person)
affective state. In either case, the results point to the same conclusion:
Positive moods and liking lead to more favorable evaluations of the target
(e.g., Baron, 1993; Dalessio & Imada, 1984; Dipboye, 1992; Judge &
Ferris, 1993; Robbins & DeNisi, 1994; Wayne & Ferris, 1990).
perceivers, thereby allowing them to shift their goals with the changing
demands of the social environment.
Summary
In summarizing the basic person perception-linked phenomena, we have
attempted to emphasize their interrelationships, particularly highlighting
the impact of motivational and social factors on social inference and
judgment. Although this pragmatic approach is starting to “take hold” in
the applied judgment and evaluation literature (e.g., Murphy & Cleveland,
1995), we suggest to both researchers and practitioners that our knowledge
of applied judgments and decisions can be greatly increased by adopting
such a perspective.
INPUTS
We now move on to the input variables that influence the previously
discussed processes and phenomena, which in turn affect the outcomes of
person perception. We have identified three categories of input variables—
those related to (a) the individual differences of the perceiver, (b) the
individual differences of the target, and (c) the context.
TOWARD AN EMBEDDED
SYSTEMS APPROACH
Up to this point, we have chosen to characterize the nature of person
perception by using an organizing framework that implies a certain “flow”
or even a causal sequence. Thus inputs are thought to have consequences
for cognitive, affective, motivational, and interpersonal processes, and
these in turn have an impact on decisions, choices, and even relationships.
However, it also should be clear by now that person perception-linked
phenomena rarely unfold in such a neat, even linear fashion. The capacity
to model social perception is actually quite limited precisely because of
its dynamic and contingent nature. In truth, the IPO approach is just a
convenient way to organize material. It would need to be modified in
substantial ways if we were to make it more than a heuristic and more like
a model. Specifically, we would need to consider the role of reciprocal
causation (feedback and feed forward) and the impact of social and
normative forces.
(a) the importance of the interaction, (b) the clarity of expectations held
for that context, (c) the behavior relative to these expectations, and (d) the
nature of future interaction anticipated.
For example, most interactions of interest to the readers of this book
typically involve social perception in high stakes interpersonal contexts, as
in the selection interview. In such contexts, deviations from expectations
take on real significance for both the applicant and the HR professional.
The behavior of the applicant has great bearing on what the interviewer is
perceiving and thinking and will, in turn, determine the way that the latter
behaves toward the applicant. Similarly, both the applicant’s own initial
behavior and the impact it has on the interviewer provide feedback and
shape the next bit of social exchange. When the interaction between the
two is going poorly, the applicant as perceiver has to use whatever cues
he or she can to diagnose just what aspect of the situation is causing the
apparent difficulty—aspects of the applicant’s behavior, the interviewer’s
interpretation, or the social dynamics between the two. In this regard, the
actual and anticipated behavior of the interviewer become the stimuli for
social cognition on the part of the applicant. The management of affect on a
“real-time” basis in high stakes situations creates still other difficulties for
the perceiver (Parkinson, 1997). That is, the perceiver’s own attributions
for difficulty in the interview, such as self-blame versus a conclusion that
the interviewer is just “having a bad day,” will present different challenges
for the management of emotions.
As noted earlier, one special case where the consequences of social
interaction can have major implications for person perception dynamics
occurs when the individuals anticipate that they will have to work
together in the future. In this case, not only would the perceiver seek to
make a favorable impression, he or she, in all likelihood, would choose
to interact in a way that sets up the normative expectations preferred for
their interaction in the future (e.g., Heneman, Greenberger, & Anonyuo,
1989; Liden, Wayne, & Stilwell, 1993). All and all, managing this
collection of motives and goals presents a formidable challenge for valid
information processing.
In a related manner, the behavior linked to the perceiver’s sense of the
situation, can itself, transform the situation. In its classic form, this can
occur because the perceiver’s actions elicit the very behaviors he or she
expects. This dynamic is often referred to as the “self-fulfilling prophecy”
(Merton, 1948). By word or deed the perceiver makes come true (activates
or encourages) those behaviors that are anticipated or expected. Such a self-
fulfilling prophecy may explain why interviewees who either accurately
or inaccurately expect to be unqualified may, in fact, perform less well.
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Specifically, for such interviewees it has been found that the interviewers
ask less favorable questions, conduct shorter sessions, and “leak” negative
nonverbal behaviors (Dipboye, 1982; Neuberg, 1989). Indeed, most person
perception involves the coproduction of social information.
1989). Thus it seems that each of these levels of description and analysis
have some claims to make.
Contemporary thinking, however, implies that such “cuts” at explanation
and model building are flawed. It’s not that researchers haven’t been able
to model and predict important phenomena. They can indeed do so. Yet
the achievements have been modest at best when one considers the order
of magnitude of effect sizes and the amount of variance accounted for.
But we see important limitations to the research record for another reason.
This relates to the fact that organizational researchers should be building
models that have greater ecological validity.
In our use of the term, ecological validity means more than
generalizability. There is enough reason to feel that many of our theories
and findings do indeed generalize. Certainly the recent work on meta-
analysis (Schmidt & Hunter, 1998) and programmatic efforts on the part
of researchers who go from the field, to the lab, and back to the field (see
Campbell, 1986; Driskell & Salas, 1992; Ilgen, 1986) are encouraging.
But we feel this evidence is merely a harbinger of what is truly possible if
researchers were to take an embedded systems approach. This is what we
are advocating to those who wish to study person perception and social
cognition processes that are truly relevant to the workplace.
Thus, in our view, an embedded systems approach should be used to
guide research in the field. Whether in the form of field experiments or
in the analysis of causal models (e.g., path analysis, structural equations
modeling, etc.), the investigator would recognize and consciously include
in their investigations those contextual variables at multiple levels that
are theorized to affect social information processing and social judgments
relevant to their applied setting or to the applied problems of interest
(e.g., quality of assessment center ratings). Such research would consider
and attempt to model the simultaneous effects of intraindividual, dyad,
and (at least) work group or social network level forces as these impinge
on person perception phenomena (e.g., Emrich, 1999; Moore, Smith,
& Gonzalez, 1997). Moreover, here, we are thinking of more than just
the need to account for one-way or linear dynamics. Thus an embedded
systems approach would also require the study of perceptual processes
as they become as much a cause as the consequence of contextual forces
(Law & Wong, 1999). And this would, more often than not, have to
involve longitudinal designs (Dansereau, Yammarino, & Kohles, 1999).
Admittedly, this is no easy mandate to follow, but it is the path to more
powerful and useful models.
Although an embedded perspective is difficult to describe verbally, it
is perhaps even more challenging to portray in a diagram. In this regard,
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2A
1/
Interpersonal IC
Perceiver
Task Perceiver Target Perceiver
Judgments and 2B
Expectations Behavior Inferences
Behavior
and Social
Context 2C
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FIG. 1.3. Embedded perspective of person perception in applied context. Adapted from Katz & Kahn (1978). Reprinted by
permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
36 How People Evaluate Others in Organizations
CONCLUSIONS
The scientific literature dealing with person perception and social cognition
that we have reviewed in this chapter presents a dynamic and complex
picture of such processes. Although some of what has been uncovered
recently may reinforce popular views and prevailing practices, most of
what we have highlighted calls for substantial rethinking of how person
perception operates to affect decisions and behavior. Most significantly,
as we have pointed out, anyone interested in this area must now come to
appreciate the importance of affect, motives, and goals as these influence
social judgments. Although people may sometimes be dispassionate in
their observations and assessments of others, it is far more likely that they
will be ego involved because there are personal consequences that follow
as social judgments translate to decisions or actions. Thus, we have tried
to give weight to the interplay of motives with heuristical and diligent
information processing. Moreover, in this chapter we have stressed the
role and impact of the context for person perception, especially as the
context influences the quality and nature of inferences about others. In this
regard, we feel that the field is finally ready to acknowledge that person
perception is as much a social as it is an individual phenomenon.
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