Effects of Realistic Job Previews: A Comparison Using an Enhancement and a Reduction Preview

A longitudinal experimental design was used to evaluate the effects of two different realistic job previews on subsequent turnover and to clarify the processes responsible for any such effects. One, enhancement preview, was constructed to enhance overly pessimistic expectations, whereas the other, r...

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Published in:Journal of applied psychology 1988-05, Vol.73 (2), p.259-266
Main Authors: Meglino, Bruce M, DeNisi, Angelo S, Youngblood, Stuart A, Williams, Kevin J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Army Personnel
Biological and medical sciences
Employee Attitudes
Employee Turnover
Expectations
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Job Satisfaction
Motivation. Job satisfaction. Attitude
Occupational psychology
Organizational Behavior
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
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Summary:A longitudinal experimental design was used to evaluate the effects of two different realistic job previews on subsequent turnover and to clarify the processes responsible for any such effects. One, enhancement preview, was constructed to enhance overly pessimistic expectations, whereas the other, reduction preview, was designed to reduce overly optimistic expectations. Subjects, 533 male and female trainees in the U.S. Army, were given either preview, both previews combined, or no preview. Pretest, posttest, and follow-up (5 weeks later) perceptual and attitudinal measures were collected, in addition to demographic and turnover data. Results indicated (a) that trainees exposed to the combined previews had significantly ( p
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/0021-9010.73.2.259