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Stand up and Speak up: Employees' Prosocial Reactions to Observed Abusive SupervisionPriesemuth, Manuela 01 January 2012 (has links)
This dissertation examines what happens when employees witness supervisory abuse in the workplace. In particular, it explores whether-and when-employees will respond to witnessing supervisory abuse of a coworker by engaging in prosocial actions aimed at benefitting the target of abuse. In doing so, it extends work on abusive supervision. Traditionally, abusive supervision research has focused on the impact of abuse on the victim him/herself. However, this work explores the impact of abusive supervision on third party observers. In addition, because abusive supervision represents a form of organizational injustice, this dissertation extends both work on abusive supervision and third party reactions to injustice by considering the positive, prosocial reactions abuse might trigger in employees.
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An Investigation Of Prosocial Rule Breaking Within The Casual Restaurant IndustryCurtis, Catherine 01 January 2010 (has links)
In the hospitality industry, the role of the frontline employee is integral. These employees are the face of the organization and have a strong role in shaping and forming the opinions of consumers by way of their product and service delivery. Therefore, the decisions an employee makes during the product or service delivery is critical in maintaining the relationship with the customer. Employees may be faced with opportunities to better service a customer at the cost of breaking an organizational rule or procedure. When an employee is faced with this dilemma and decides to break the rule on the behalf of the customer knowing the risks involved, this is called prosocial rule breaking. One distinct difference between this concept and general rule breaking is that this is performed as a nonselfish gesture; the employee does not receive any personal benefit. To examine this further, this study investigated the overall propensity to participate in prosocial rule breaking and the impact of the Big Five personality dimensions on prosocial rule breaking. To gain a better understanding of these constructs, a review of literature related to ethical decision making, prosocial behavior, and the five factor theory of personality was conducted. To investigate the research objectives, a purposive sample of frontline employees from a nationally branded restaurant chain completed a four part self-administered questionnaire by answering questions on the five factor personality dimensions through the Big Five Inventory (BFI), a restaurant based scenario followed by Morrison's (2006) prosocial rule breaking scale, a section on demographic information, and an open ended section for qualitative comments. Overall, three-hundred and five (305) usable questionnaires were completed and interpreted. The results demonstrated that this sample of restaurant employees revealed a moderate propensity for prosocial rule breaking. Moreover, the results revealed that the Agreeableness dimension is the most common personality dimension for this group of restaurant employees, but the Conscientiousness domain was the best predictor of one's propensity not to participate in prosocial rule breaking. The implications for managers from this study indicate a need for managers to recognize and encourage prosocial behaviors from their employees. They also need to understand which personality domains contribute to prosocial behavior, which can ultimately have implications for hiring, selection, and training.
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We rise by lifting others: an innovative approach to wellness for transitional aged youthTifa, Ivory 09 May 2022 (has links)
Volunteering has been demonstrated to increase various outcomes of health and well-being. However, it has not been utilized as a therapeutic tool for transitional aged youth (TAY), who demonstrate disparate outcomes in various areas of health and well-being. The author hypothesizes that engaging in volunteering with application of the “8 C’s” framework will lead to improved well-being and empowerment. The author designed We Rise by Lifting Others (WRBLO), a nine-week program to engage TAY in volunteering while incorporating opportunities to experience the “8 C’s”: Control, Choice, Confidence, feeling Capable, Connection, Community, being Cared for by others, and Caring for others. In addition to the “8 C’s”, key components of WRBLO include participating in a weekly volunteer project, virtual group meetings, peer and mentor support from others with lived experience in the foster care system, and opportunities for skill building. This innovative program aims to increase well-being and empowerment outcomes for TAY and provide evidence that volunteering can be an effective tool for marginalized communities.
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The Relation of Response Evaluation and Decision Processes and Latent Mental Structures to Aggressive and Prosocial Response SelectionSaveliev, Kristyn A. 29 September 2010 (has links)
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MEASURING SOCIAL VALUE ORIENTATION: EQUALITY VERSUS COLLECTIVE OUTCOME MAXIMIZATIONChartier, Christopher R. 15 September 2010 (has links)
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Helping Others and Adolescent Addiction: Validity of Service to Others in Sobriety (SOS) Questionnaire in an Adolescent SamplePagano, Maria Elizabeth, PhD January 2013 (has links)
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Promoting Intrinsically Motivated Altruistic Behavior and Decreasing Inherent Bias through Facial Perception PrimingByrd, Robert T. 06 June 2016 (has links)
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Exploring the Dynamics of Participation in a Grassroots Kindness Movement: A case study of the Actively Caring for People MovementValentino, Sara Elizabeth 01 December 2016 (has links)
Kindness movements toward a kinder more compassionate world are proliferating worldwide. One of the key challenges facing these movements is attracting and sustaining members. This research identified a range of dispositional, motivational, and contextual factors significantly related to participation in a kindness movement initiated on the Virginia Tech campus after the tragic shootings on April 16, 2007: the AC4P Movement. Strongly resembling existing research on motivational functions served by volunteerism, the present research identified five motives for participation in kindness movements: social action, gratitude expression, social enhancement, impression management, and protective. Additionally, regression analysis identified a model with five significant predictors of participation: required participation, history of traumatic experience, belief that society is in danger, extroversion, and social action motivation. Findings are integrated within the context of Geller's (2016) model of empowerment. / Ph. D.
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Mechanisms of Empathic Behavior in Children with Callous-Unemotional Traits: Eye Gaze and Emotion RecognitionDelk, Lauren Annabel 06 December 2016 (has links)
The presence of callous-unemotional (CU) traits (e.g., shallow affect, lack of empathy) in children predicts reduced prosocial behavior. Similarly, CU traits relate to emotion recognition deficits, which may be related to deficits in visual attention to the eye region of others. Notably, recognition of others' distress necessarily precedes sympathy, and sympathy is a key predictor in prosocial outcomes. Thus, visual attention and emotion recognition may mediate the relationship between CU traits and deficient prosocial behavior. Elucidating these connections furthers the development of treatment protocols for children with behavioral problems and CU traits. This study seeks to: (1) extend this research to younger children, including girls; (2) measure eye gaze using infrared eye-tracking technology; and (3) test the hypothesis that CU traits are linked to prosocial behavior deficits via reduced eye gaze, which in turn leads to deficits in fear recognition. Children (n = 81, ages 6-9) completed a computerized, eye-tracked emotion recognition task and a standardized prosocial behavior task while parents reported on the children's CU traits. Results partially supported hypotheses, in that CU traits predicted less time focusing on the eye region for fear expressions, and certain dimensions of eye gaze predicted accuracy in recognizing some emotions. However, the full model was not supported for fear or distress expressions. Conversely, there was some evidence that the link between CU traits and deficient prosocial behavior is mediated by reduced recognition for low intensity happy expressions, but only in girls. Theoretical and practical implications for these findings are considered. / Master of Science
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Social behavior and academic performance: Examining relations between forms of prosocial behavior and aggression in predicting academic outcomesEl Mallah, Shereen 22 January 2015 (has links)
Numerous researchers have argued early adolescent behavior patterns are among the best predictors of later achievement and social-psychological adjustment outcomes. In the current study, a secondary data analysis was conducted to determine the extent to which four prosocial behaviors (cooperation, assertiveness, self-control and prosocial behaviors toward peers) and two forms of aggression (overt and relational) influence academic performance (as indexed by GPA and standardized achievement scores). Additionally, the potential moderating role of two school environment variables (perception of school climate and teacher bonding) were also considered in order to further examine the social-emotional environment of middle schools. Examining concurrent relations between grade 5 social behaviors and academic performance revealed all four forms of prosocial behavior were positively related to higher academic performance. Predictive relations between grade 6 social behaviors and academic outcomes at grade 9 indicated that of the four prosocial behaviors and two forms of aggression, cooperation alone predicted the likelihood of later academic achievement. Finally, it was hypothesized that prosocial behaviors, perception of school climate and teacher bonding would serve as moderators between aggression and academic performance; however, this prediction was unsupported. By drawing attention to the limited typology employed in studying prosocial behavior, as well as the methodological challenges that arise when examining these behaviors during adolescence, the hope is to spur research geared towards a more comprehensive understanding of prosocial development. / Master of Science
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