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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Policy Capturing"”.
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Ethical decision making by managers: a policy capturing approach
… as well as 21 undergraduate students. In a policy-capturing analysis of the ethical reasoning process., we found neither managers nor students used consistent policies in their decision making. Regression analyses revealed that locus of control orientation did not influence number of ethical …
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Policy capturing and two level specifications of policies for human and software processing
… systems is gaining importance. In the policy research area, how to capture policies is the first problem scientists need to solve. Policies can be specified in three ways: a Policy Definition Language (PDL), a formal logic-based policy representation language or an informal natural …
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The Application of Role Theory to the Sexual Harassment Paradigm: A Policy Capturing Approach
<p>This research utilized policy capturing techniques to analyze the different factors individuals use when determining sexual harassment. The importance of level of power, verbal behavior, and invasiveness of touch were examined. Additionally, role theory was applied to the sexual harassment …
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Disentangling Contributions of Process Elements to the Fair Process Effect: A Policy-Capturing Approach
… judgments of the fairness of the situation. The policy capturing analysis indicated that the weights given to the fairness cues varied somewhat across individuals. Hierarchical cluster analysis indicated that participants' fairness policies could be grouped into 3 homogenous clusters: two "main …
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Strategic decision-making of Chinese managers on corporate social responsibility issues: A policy-capturing study
… theory in CSR activities. The author utilised a policy-capturing method to develop a series of scenarios concerning CSR activities. 376 valid questionnaires at the individual level were received from Chinese managers. Concerning the main research findings, this study indicated support for the …
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Policy capturing with the use of visual stimuli: a method of quantifying the determinants of landscape preference
Policy Capturing, a potential methodology for evaluating landscape preference, was described and tested. This methodology, tested and applied in industrial psychology since 1960, results in a mathematical model that theoretically represents the human decision-making process. Under experimental …
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AN EXPLORATORY EXAMINATION OF THE ETHICAL DECISION MAKING PROCESS OF ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEAHAVIOR LENS: A POLICY-CAPTURING APPROACH
… impact. A multi-scenario approach known as policy-capturing is used to examine the relative importance entrepreneurs place on attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control (PBC), and self-identity when faced with a financial and a social ethical decision. The findings suggest that …
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Measuring absence cultures: an examination of absence perceptions of males and females
… of male and female employees through the use of policy capturing (Hobson and Gibson, l9S3). Absence was split into three dimensions: Personal Health, Stress Relief, and Family Responsibility (Nicholson and Payne, l9S7). One hundred and two employees of a large southeastern university were used as …
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The Relationship Between Rating Strategy and Accuracy of Performance Rating
… rating strategies were determined through a policy capturing method (e.g., Zedeck & Kafry, 1977).</p> <p>Seventh-three subjects rated a series of videotapes, developed by Borman (e.g. Borman, 1977), of performances with known true scores. A subject’s ratings on a particular dimension were …
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Whistleblowing: Understanding the Reporting of Workplace Deviance
… of deviant act reporting in a more holistic way. Policy capturing was utilized to study intentions to report workplace deviant acts. Policy capturing is an idiographic approach where scenarios are used to establish the differential weighting of cues in judgment formation or behavioral intentions. …
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Factors influencing grades awarded by teachers: why don't grades reflect achievement only?
… grading decisions. A technique referred to as policy capturing was used to evaluate the extent to which assigned grades reflect student gender, effort, behavior, ability, and test score improvement. In predicting the grade discrepancies of teachers, it was judged necessary to restrict the …
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To Train or Not to Train: The Role of Organizational Justice in Promoting Motivation to Train
A policy-capturing experiment was used to test a theoretical model of the factors which promote an individual's motivation to engage in training. Participants were asked to make decisions regarding their level of motivation to participate in a series of 48 training scenarios. These scenarios …
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Leader Effectiveness in the Eye of the Beholder: Self-Affirming Implicit Policies in Leader Perception
… effectiveness judgments. Cluster analysis and policy-capturing were employed to examine independent and dependent variables as patterns. Findings partially supported hypotheses and corroborated previous research. Leader categorization and effectiveness judgments were self-affirming across …
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An Exploratory Examination of the Impact of Web Functionality across the Customer Service Life Cycle
… customer. Results of six regressions using policy capturing indicate that, overall, customers consider Web functionality support for the pre-purchase stages of the CSLC to be most important, with the requirements stage or acquisition stage consistently being first in importance. …
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Assessing fit in the interview: How candidates consider content and context cues to Person Organization Fit
… are formed. The current study utilized a policy capturing approach to model how individuals interpret and combine cues from the interview experience as they formulate their perceptions of PO Fit. The cues tested included interview question content and the contextual variables of …
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Exploring Policies of Spirituality among College Students
… an idiographic, experimental approach called policy-capturing was utilized to determine what factors college students take into consideration when making determinations about others' spirituality. Participants were exposed to a series of 50 profiles describing hypothetical people, each of …
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Capturing utility judgments across jobs: toward understanding and generalization
… research are noted. It is suggested that such policy capturing procedures can enhance our understanding of judgments of overall worth, and expand the knowledge base upon which organizational decisions are made.
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Facilitating and Hindering Factors in Implementing Managerial Technology: A Socio-Technical System Process
… environmental and organizational conditions, policy-capturing analysis of managers' decisions. Then, a comprehensive survey containing socio-technical analysis measures, 15 scenarios, and personal as well as organizational characteristic items were presented to 125 upper-level managers from 85 …