[Effect of ingroup membership on organizational meta-representation].
The present study considers the importance of analyzing what very powerful or influential people think about their employees. We assumed that belonging to a specific category has a differential effect on the perception of others' thoughts in the organization ("meta-representation"). Therefore, experts in organization and human resources from diverse organizations and institutions assessed seven dimensions which structure the organizational image (context, structure, organizational processes, working climate, culture, satisfaction and efficacy). The results showed that belonging to a group (managers or leaders, academicians, consultants, technicians or employees' representatives) modulated the meta-representation, as the experts' opinion about what they think that the employees consider important was related to their group. This was specifically the case for the managers' and leaders' representations, which differed from the other groups and especially from that of the technicians and employees' representatives. The implications of the present findings are discussed.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Psicología, Madrid, Spain. jesus.demiguel@uam.es
Jesús María
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de Miguel Calvo
Inge
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Schweiger Gallo
Manuel
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Fernández Ríos
Miguel Ángel
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Ruiz Díaz
D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003253:Consultants / Q000523:psychology*; D004651:Employment; D005178:Faculty; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007750:Labor Unions; D007857:Leadership; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012933:Social Identification