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Author: | Klein, K.J. et.al. |
Title: | Is everyone in agreement? An exploration of within-group agreement in employee perceptions of the work environment |
Journal: | Journal of Applied Psychology
2001 : FEB, VOL. 86:1, p. 3-16 |
Index terms: | GROUP DYNAMICS GROUPS SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT WORK ORGANIZATION SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | The authors have studied the antecedents of within-group agreement in perceptions of the work environment. They found that group member social interaction and work interdependence were significantly positively related to within-group agreement regarding perceptions of the work environment. Demographic heterogeneity was not significantly related to within-group agreement. Survey wording showed a complex relationship to agreement. Both evaluative items and socially undesirable items generated high within-group agreement. The use of a group rather than individual referent increased within-group agreement in response to descriptive items but decreased within-group agreement in response to evaluative items. Items with a group referent showed greater between-group variability than items with an individual referent. |
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