The macroeconomic environment and the psychology of work evaluation

• Main Authors: SIROLA, Nina, PITESA, Marko
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Attribution of responsibility; Macroeconomic environment; Generalized sense of control; Promotion and demotion decisions; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5353; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6352/viewcontent/The_macroeconomic_environment_and_the_psychology_of_work_evaluation.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This research tested the idea that the perception of the state of the macroeconomic environment impacts the psychology underlying an essential organizational function: The evaluation of employees’ work and the associated promotion and demotion decisions. We predicted that when the macroeconomic envi...