A top management team (TMT) is an integral component of an organization as it serves the role of a primary leader. The dynamics between TMTs and their subordinate organizational units are similar to those between individual leaders and their subordinates in that both (TMTs and individual leaders) exert a level of influence over their subordinate entities. This study sought to investigate a TMT's influence as a leader within the organization, by applying the two-factor leadership theory to the relationship between TMTs and subordinate units. All but three examined workplace climate measures were significantly related to TMT behaviors. Organizational culture exhibited the strongest relationships, with all significant correlations ranging between 0.17 and 0.27. Our findings suggest that the composition of hospital TMTs can have implications for units providing direct care to patients. These findings may be of particular interest to administrators who are involved in building effective TMTs.
Purpose
Estimates of the effects of faking on personality scores typically represent the difference from one sample mean to another sample mean in terms of standard deviations. While this is technically accurate, it does put faking effects into the context of the individuals actually engaging in faking behavior. The purpose of this paper is to address this deficiency.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper provides a mathematical proof and a computational simulation manipulating faking effect size, prevalence of faking, and the size of the applicant pool.
Findings
The paper illustrates that reported effects of faking are underestimates of the amount of faking that individual test takers are engaging in. Results provide researchers and practitioners with more accurate estimates of how to interpret faking effects sizes.
Practical implications
To understand the impact of faking on personality testing, it is important to consider both faking effect sizes as well as the prevalence of faking.
Originality/value
Researchers and practitioners do not often consider the real implications of faking effect sizes. The current paper presents those results in a new light.
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