TY - JOUR
T1 - Type A behavior, accountability, and work rate in small groups
AU - Yarnold, Paul R.
AU - Mueser, Kim T.
AU - Lyons, John S.
PY - 1988/9
Y1 - 1988/9
N2 - The relationship between social accountability (i.e., public personal evaluation) and work rate among Type A "coronary-prone" individuals was investigated in an experiment with college undergraduates. Extreme Type As (N = 72) tore more pages out of phone books than extreme Type Bs (N = 79) when they believed they would publicly be held personally accountable than when their performance was judged only on a group basis (Bs did not differ between conditions). The implications of accountability as an enhancer of Type A behavior, Price's (1982) model of Type A self-evaluation, clinical modification of cognitive style, and implications for personnel selection and job structuring are discussed.
AB - The relationship between social accountability (i.e., public personal evaluation) and work rate among Type A "coronary-prone" individuals was investigated in an experiment with college undergraduates. Extreme Type As (N = 72) tore more pages out of phone books than extreme Type Bs (N = 79) when they believed they would publicly be held personally accountable than when their performance was judged only on a group basis (Bs did not differ between conditions). The implications of accountability as an enhancer of Type A behavior, Price's (1982) model of Type A self-evaluation, clinical modification of cognitive style, and implications for personnel selection and job structuring are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0092-6566(88)90035-9
DO - 10.1016/0092-6566(88)90035-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0023801512
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 22
SP - 353
EP - 360
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
IS - 3
ER -