Work-Related Fear of Aids and Social-Desirability Response Bias
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13670635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fabius P O'Brien (University of South Alabama, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 371-378 |
| Publication date | 1989-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1989.65.2.371 |
| PMID | 2798655 |
| OpenAlex | W2051955200 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
The focus of the current research was on development of a short scale to measure work-related fear of AIDS for use in field research and on assessment of the extent to which its ability to predict managers' intentions to discriminate were free of social-desirability response-bias effects. Based upon a sample of 198 managers from southern US manufacturing, service, and government organizations, the study yielded a 5-item scale with particularly strong test-retest reliability of .88 and internal consistency indicated by Cronbach alpha of .92. While initial evidence was promising regarding predictive validity, social desirability was correlated with both fear of AIDS and one of the criterion variables but accounted for very little common variance. Techniques suggested by Ganster, Hennessey, and Luthans (1983) to detect social desirability response bias were employed and did not yield moderator, spurious, or suppression effects. Supplementary analysis showed that respondents in manufacturing exhibit significantly stronger fear of AIDS than either service or government managers. Significant but weak correlations of -.16 and -.20 were found between fear of AIDS and subject's sex and education. Males and the less well educated tend to express greater fear of AIDS. Implications are discussed regarding research and practice in management
Common-method variance · Cronbach's alpha · Developmental psychology · Government (linguistics · Moderation · Power (physics · Psychometrics · Reliability (semiconductor · Response bias · Scale (ratio · Social desirability · Social desirability bias · Test (biology · Variance (accounting · Applied Psychology · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
Social Desirability Response Effects
Development of reliable and valid short forms of the marlowe-crowne social desirability scale
Undergraduate and Graduate Students’ Attitudes towards Aids
Physician Attitudes and Experience Regarding the Care of Patients With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (Aids) and Related Disorders (ARC)
Aids in the Workplace
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1990 - 2012 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |