SOCIAL DESIRABILITY AS AN INTERVENING VARIABLE IN INTERPRETING OD EFFECTS

THIS REPORT DETERMINES WHETHER THE PATTERN OF CHANGE- SCORES IS MEDIATED IN MEANINGFUL WAYS BY INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ON THE CROWNE-MARLOWE SOCIAL DESIRABILITY - SD - SCALE. THE SD SCALE SEEKS TO DIFFERENTIATE INDIVIDUALS IN TERMS OF THEIR TENDENCY TO DESCRIBE WORLDS IN SOCIALLY- DESIRABLE TERMS SO...

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Published in:Academy of Management journal 1973-08, p.334
Main Authors: Golembiewski, Robert T, Munzenrider, Robert F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Development
Impacts
Measurement
Organizational
Social indicators
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Summary:THIS REPORT DETERMINES WHETHER THE PATTERN OF CHANGE- SCORES IS MEDIATED IN MEANINGFUL WAYS BY INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ON THE CROWNE-MARLOWE SOCIAL DESIRABILITY - SD - SCALE. THE SD SCALE SEEKS TO DIFFERENTIATE INDIVIDUALS IN TERMS OF THEIR TENDENCY TO DESCRIBE WORLDS IN SOCIALLY- DESIRABLE TERMS SO AS TO GAIN THE APPROVAL OF OTHERS. THE SD FOCUS IS ON A MORE OR LESS ABIDING FEATURE OF THE SELF, THEN, AS OPPOSED TO A SPECIFIC ACT OF CONFORMITY TO SOME SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE STANDARD OR NORM. LIKE MOST SIMILAR SCALES, SD RESTS ON MIXED THEORETICAL, METHODOLOGICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL FOUNDATIONS. A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE SHOWS THAT VARIOUS USES OF THE SD SCALE GENERATED EXPECTED RESULTS. AND THE VALIDITY OF THE SCALE HAS BEEN SUPPORTED EXPERIMENTALLY.
ISSN:0001-4273
1948-0989