Are Employees Rewarded for Being Positive People?
Botsford, Whitney, Buffardi, Louis, George Mason University This paper proposes a theory as to how employees with positive personalities may be treated more favorably by the organization than employees with negative personalities. Positive employees demonstrate more contextual performance that is acknowledged in the workplace through both formal and informal rewards. Actual, or formal, organizational support for positive employees may have serious implications for both the employee and the organization. Submitted by Whitney Botsford, wbotsfor@gmu.edu P1.9 Pro-Male Bias: An Exploration Into Performance Evaluations for Women Deviating From Gender-Stereotypes Scheuer, Melinda L., Illinois Institute of Technology This study proposes to examine the influence of gender-incongruent behavior of female managers (i.e. aggressive, masculine) and the extent that the rater ascribes to gender stereotypes for women on pro-male bias in performance evaluations. Submitted by Melinda L. Scheuer, schemel@
