Rater Involvement as a Moderator of Performance Cues and Leader Behavior Descriptions
通过实验室实验，研究了绩效线索如何影响对领导者行为的描述，并发现评价者的参与度（观察者vs参与者）会调节这种影响，其中绩效数据对未参与的观察者更为显著。
A laboratory experiment involving 144 student subjects was con ducted to examine the effects of performance cues on descriptions of leader behavior. The concept of involvement, operationalized in a two-dimensional manner, was invoked in order to create varying vantage points (observation versus participation)from which subjects would view leader behavior. Split-plot analysis of variance demon strated an attribution effect in that the presence of performance cues directly affected subject descriptions of leader initiating structure and consideration. Subject involvement directly affected only subject ratings of consideration. Analysis of interaction effects showed per formance data to be a more salient cue for uninvolved observers than for involved participants.