The Effects of Socially Provided Task Information on Task Perceptions, Satisfaction, and Performance

摘要

One hundred eighty-nine female subjects worked on a clerical task under either 1 or 3 person social influence conditions in which positive, negative or neutral affective information about the task was presented to the subjects by confederates of the experimenter. The effects of these different social influence conditions on task satisfaction, performance and task perceptions were examined. Subjects in the negative influence conditions expressed lower levels of task satisfaction but did not perform differently or perceive the task differently than subjects in the positive or neutral conditions. The one of three persons influence manipulation had no effect on satisfaction or perception and only a marginal effect on performance. The results are discussed in terms of social influence processes in actual job redesign situations. (Author)