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Attitudinal Congruence and Similarity as Related to Interpersonal Evaluations in Manager-Subordinate Dyads

    Published Online:30 Nov 2017https://doi.org/10.5465/255434

    Abstract

    This field study examined the relationship of both actual similarity and perceptual congruence with job satisfaction and performance evaluation in 194 manager-subordinate dyads. Among other findings, congruence between the subordinate's description of the manager and the manager's self-description was significantly correlated with the subordinate's satisfaction. Congruence between the manager's description of the subordinate and subordinate's self-description was significantly related to the manager's evaluation of the subordinate's job performance.

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