Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 530541. We think the increasing attention to the health benefits of lower body weight and concerns about the obesity epidemic may be responsible for the increase in bias. Journal of Nursing Management, 16(8), 946954. For example, the most widely used test of implicit attitudes the Implicit Association Test, or IAT uses peoples response times to categorize certain stimuli as an indirect measure of their attitudes toward those stimuli. One way of preventing such problems is for companies to provide realistic job previews to their employees (Premack & Wanous, 1985; Wanous et al., 1992; Zhao et al., 2007). Implicit weight bias (pro-thin/anti-fat) increased by 40% in the early years of the decade, approximately between 2004 and 2010. Judge, T. A., Heller, D., & Mount, M. K. (2002). Job satisfaction and organizational commitment are two key attitudes that are the most relevant to important outcomes. Alhabash, S. E., & Wise, K. (2012). Gartner calls this "The Human Deal," which has five components: Deeper connections. Their theory argues that specific events on the job cause different kinds of people to feel different emotions. You are likely to experience a breach in your psychological contract and be dissatisfied. Lindsey, A., King, E., Hebl, M., & Levine, N. (2015). Harter, J. K., Schmidt, F. L., & Hayes, T. L. (2002). Attitudes have positive or negative effect through classical or operant conditioning. Oral history in the classroom: Fostering positive attitudes toward older adults and the aging process. doi:10.1177/1046878111432108. That's comparable to the share who say the same about the federal budget deficit (49%), violent crime (48% . Describe the consequences of job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Herschcovis, M. S., Turner, N., Barling, J., Arnold, K. A., Dupre, K., E., Innes, M., et al. Chances are that your skill level in performing the job will matter. You Are What You Watch? The Social Effects of TV Watson, S. L., Loizzo, J., Watson, W. R., Mueller, C., Lim, J., & Ertmer, P. (2016a). Journal of Organizational Behavior, 11, 361378. This research suggests a way they can do just that. People pay attention to the fairness of company policies and procedures, treatment from supervisors, and pay and other rewards they receive from the company (Cohen-Charash & Spector, 2001; Colquitt et al., 2001; Meyer et al., 2002). Organ, D. W., & Ryan, K. (1995). Journal of Applied Psychology, 70, 280289. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 33(4), 258266. 291315). Psychological Bulletin, 129, 914945. These are job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Work-family conflict, policies, and the job-life satisfaction relationship: A review and directions for organizational behavior-human resources research.
