The Journal of psychology
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The Journal of psychology · Jan 2020
The Effects of Regulatory Fit between Explanation Framing and Applicants' Regulatory Foci on Applicant Reaction.
Drawing from regulatory fit theory and the literature on persuasion, the current study is the first to explore whether the fit between explanation framing and applicants' regulatory foci could enhance applicant reaction. We hypothesized that a positively framed explanation fits with applicants' promotion foci and that a negatively framed explanation fits with applicants' prevention foci. Three studies were conducted in which participants with different regulatory foci rated their perceived procedural fairness and organizational attractiveness after reading differently framed recruitment advertisements, rejection letters, and job offer letters. ⋯ In these contexts, compared with receiving a negatively framed explanation, promotion-focused recipients reported higher levels of perceived fairness and organizational attractiveness after receiving a positively framed explanation, and promotion-focused recipients' fairness and attractiveness perceptions were higher than prevention-focused recipients', after receiving a positively framed explanation. Moreover, perceived procedural fairness mediated the relationship between regulatory fit and perceived organizational attractiveness. However, regulatory fit effects were not found in the context of job offer letters.
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The Journal of psychology · Jan 2020
Goal Commitment Buffers the Negative Effects of Perceived Abusive Supervision.
The effects of abusive supervision may be more intricate than what reason would suggest. To examine why individuals may respond differently to perceptions of supervisor abusive, this study relies on goal-setting theory to present a model that accounts for the influence of abusive supervision on job performance and organizational deviance. ⋯ The proposed model was supported by multisource and multiwave data. The understanding of when the deleterious effects of supervisor abuse as perceived by followers are likely might help the human resource personnel to adopt measures that buffer against such outcomes.