Personality Trait Inferences about Organizations: Development of a Measure and Assessment of Construct Validity

Jerel E. Slaughter; Michael J. Zickar; Scott Highhouse; David C. Mohr

doi:10.1037/0021-9010.89.1.85

Personality Trait Inferences about Organizations: Development of a Measure and Assessment of Construct Validity

Jerel E. Slaughter, Michael J. Zickar, Scott Highhouse, David C. Mohr

Management and Organizations

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The authors conducted 4 studies to construct a multidimensional measure of perceptions of organization personality. Results of the first 2 studies suggest that (a) 5 broad factors are sufficient to capture the structure of organization personality perceptions, (b) real-world organizations differ on personality profiles, and (c) personality trait inferences are related to organizational attraction, Results of a 3rd study suggest that personality trait inferences assessed in 1 sample are related to ratings of organizational attractiveness by a 2nd sample. Finally, results of a 4th study suggest that the measure is sensitive to experimental manipulations of organizational descriptions. Implications and suggestions for the use of this measure in future research are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	85-103
Number of pages	19
Journal	Journal of Applied Psychology
Volume	89
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.89.1.85
State	Published - Feb 2004

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