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Response distortion and social desirability in high-level executives

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dc.contributor.author Schnure, Katherine Anne en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2010-01-29T19:53:02Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-13T10:56:37Z
dc.date.available 2010-01-29T19:53:02Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-13T10:56:37Z
dc.date.issued 2009-11-17 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31787
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/1853/31787
dc.description.abstract The effect of Socially Desirable Responding (SDR) and response distortion on personality and selection measures has been debated for decades (Edwards, 1957b; Messick&Jackson, 1961; Morgeson et al., 2007, Ones, Viswesvaran,&Reiss, 1996). One area of this broad topic that has received less attention over the years has been the effectiveness of the scales used to measure SDR when evidence of potential response distortion is present. Using a MANOVA, this study found significant differences between job candidate and incumbent responses on the scales of the 16PF (Cattell&Cattell, 1995), which can be indicative of SDR (Rosse et al., 1998). However, no difference between the groups was found on the Impression Management scale used to measure SDR. Differences based on the job function of the respondents were also explored. en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.subject Personality measures en_US
dc.subject Social desirability en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Personality tests
dc.subject.lcsh Psychological tests
dc.subject.lcsh Self-report inventories
dc.subject.lcsh Self-evaluation
dc.title Response distortion and social desirability in high-level executives en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dc.description.degree M.S. en_US
dc.contributor.department Psychology en_US
dc.description.advisor Committee Chair: James, Lawrence; Committee Member: Parsons, Charles; Committee Member: Roberts, James en_US


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