Social desirability at work : a new look at who does it and its consequences from a goal driven approach

• Main Author: Chia, Sherwin Ignatius Tse Min
• Other Authors: Chiu Chi-Yue
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Management::Organizational behavior; DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/62939
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this dissertation, a goal-driven approach was used to study socially desirable responding and self-verification. This dissertation proposed that the way individuals regulate their goal pursuit or regulatory mode can affect how much individuals engage in socially desirable responding or self-verif...