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Differential evaluations of likeable and dislikeable behaviours enacted towards superiors and subordinates

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Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
102 KB
Volume
29
Category
Article
ISSN
0046-2772

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✦ Synopsis

Subjects (N 129) judged the favourability of 20 behaviours enacted towards either subordinates or superiors of the actor. Likeable behaviours were evaluated more moderately when they were enacted towards superiors, indicating that subjects took into account the possibility that the actor was engaging in ingratiation. Moderately dislikeable behaviours were evaluated more negatively when they were enacted towards subordinates, suggesting that their negative meaning was strengthened when the behavioural target was powerless. Extremely dislikeable behaviours were evaluated negatively regardless of the persons towards whom they were enacted. These results suggest that, in interpreting positive and moderate (i.e. ambiguous) behaviours, characteristics of the behavioural targets are used to determine the actor's intentions and, thereby, the evaluative meaning of the behaviour.

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