Year
2008
Paper Type
Master's Thesis
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Degree Name
Master of Arts in General Psychology (MAGP)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. F. Dan Richard
Second Advisor
Dr. Christopher Leone
Abstract
This study of 112 students from a university in Northeast Florida was designed to determine if there was a relationship between self-monitoring, job structure, and job selection. It was hypothesized that high self-monitors would choose structured jobs more than would low self-monitors. It was also hypothesized that low self-monitors would choose less structured jobs than would high self-monitors. These hypotheses were evaluated by using Snyder's Self-Monitoring Scale (1974) to classify participants as high or low self-monitors and by asking participants to role play being applicants offered one of two jobs (structured versus unstructured). Results of this experiment do not support these hypotheses. Limitations, plausible alternative explanations, and directions for future research are discussed.
Suggested Citation
Evans, Mark W., "Self-monitoring as a Determinant of Job Selection in the Workplace" (2008). UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 183.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/183