Advisor Information
Joseph Allen
Location
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
Presentation Type
Poster
Start Date
3-3-2017 9:00 AM
End Date
3-3-2017 10:15 AM
Abstract
Individuals often attend meetings at work to which at least one person arrives late. Building from attributional theories of interpersonal behavior, we conducted an experiment to determine the cognitive, affective, and behavioral components of people’s reactions to meeting lateness. Participants read one of eight experimental vignettes that described someone arriving 5 or 15 mins late to an important or unimportant meeting, after which the person who arrived late offered either a controllable or an uncontrollable reason for being late. Participants reported greater anger and a willingness to punish the late arrival who gave a controllable excuse, whereas sympathy and pro-social intentions followed the late arrival who gave an uncontrollable excuse. These results also indicated that accounting for the severity of the transgression uniquely contributed to emotional and behavior reactions, which is an improvement on existing attributional models.
Why Arriving Late to Meetings May Harm Workplace Relationships
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
Individuals often attend meetings at work to which at least one person arrives late. Building from attributional theories of interpersonal behavior, we conducted an experiment to determine the cognitive, affective, and behavioral components of people’s reactions to meeting lateness. Participants read one of eight experimental vignettes that described someone arriving 5 or 15 mins late to an important or unimportant meeting, after which the person who arrived late offered either a controllable or an uncontrollable reason for being late. Participants reported greater anger and a willingness to punish the late arrival who gave a controllable excuse, whereas sympathy and pro-social intentions followed the late arrival who gave an uncontrollable excuse. These results also indicated that accounting for the severity of the transgression uniquely contributed to emotional and behavior reactions, which is an improvement on existing attributional models.