We systematically analyze the role of social comparison processes in organizations. Specifically, we describe how social comparison processes have been used to explain six key areas of organizational inquiry: (1) organizational justice, (2) performance appraisal, (3) virtual work environments, (4) ...
Drawing on the state of the science in both social comparison and leadership, we develop and test a model of how managers can influence the social comparison processes of employees to make them more stimulating of subsequent performance. Central to social comparison, and thus also to leadership ...
In particular, we focus on heterogeneity in the strength and type of incentives and argue that, from an efficient design perspective, such variance in rewards is a double-edged sword. While the sorting and incentive effects that result may increase productivity, the social comparison processes that...
We investigate the mechanisms that shape social comparison in organizations and generate social comparison costs. In particular, we focus on heterogeneity in the strength and type of incentives and argue that, from an efficient design perspective, such variance in rewards is a double-edged sword. Wh...
The Socialization of Newcomers into Organizations: Integrating Learning and Social Exchange Processes. Traditional views of socialization focus primarily on the passive learning by the newcomer of the expectations of the organization. Theorizing and research... RF Korte - 《Online Submission》 被引量: ...
Similar to the social comparison process, that is, individuals usually compare themselves with other people who are similar in significant attributes as a reference group (Festinger, 1954; Miller, 1982; Baird et al., 2015; Thibaut, 2017), managers will set other organizations that they think ...
For some organizations, more complex attribution models and tracking tools may be an even better fit for their marketing funnel. Non-revenue conversions The last social media metric for tracking conversions is the non-revenue kind. This metric is for all the non-product or service actions that ...
Review of RPI-induced social comparison processes in organizations Organizations' practice of inducing social comparisons between their managers by distributing RPI via intra-organizational leaderboards has prompted research into the issue. To date, however, such research has largely been experimental. The ...
Our results show that the size of an individual's network as well as the interaction between relationship strength and prestige better explain organizational identification than do antecedents based solely on categorization and social comparison processes. Thus networks of relationships, which have been a...
The findings are discussed in terms of their general implications for understanding the importance of directional social comparison processes in organizational settings. 展开 关键词: Upward and downward social comparison Core self-evaluations Job attitudes Job search ...