Person
| Manipulation text | explanation |
|---|---|
| {Male coworker} | Man was confronter/seeker |
| {Female coworker} | Woman was confronter/seeker |
Condition
| Manipulation text | explanation |
|---|---|
| {Function} | Focus of advisor role: Participant’s selected work function |
| {DEI} | Focus of advisor role: DEI |
{Function/DEI}
Context
Given increasing demands to improve {Function/DEI}, imagine that there has been a mandate from your firm that each team (including yours) give insights about a new {Function/DEI} Advisor.
Your supervisor wants to know what would be useful for this role to be successful. The focus of this role is to improve DEI efforts.
This role is going to be occupied by an external hire who will help
coordinate {Function/DEI} efforts across the company.
{Function/DEI} Advisor:
– Form and organize a committee that is tasked with improving
{Function/DEI} in the organization.
– Design, measure, analyze, and interpret internal surveys assessing
employee’s current approval of initiatives around {Function/DEI}.
– Design, measure, analyze, and interpret internal surveys assessing
employee’s desire for additional gender {Function/DEI}
initiatives.
– Present results of these analyses to organizational
stakeholders.
– Describe and justify {Function/DEI}-related processes to employees and
organizational stakeholders.
– Receive and address all {Function/DEI}-related complaints from
employees.
– Hold 1-2 weekly “office hours” for colleagues to get advice or input
about effectively implementing {Function/DEI} practices.
– Identify and reinforce the industry standard for {Function/DEI}
practices.
– Monitor project managers’ compliance with organizational guidelines
for enhancing {Function/DEI}.
– Generate and maintain a network of people external to the organization
with expertise in {Function/DEI}.
Vignette
Imagine that, during a meeting, [SOLICITOR PSEUDONYM] encourages you, specifically, to share suggestions and concerns with the team. Specifically, they ask:
“[PARTICIPANT PSEUDONYM], do you have anything to add about this position?”
Items
Competence
${e://Field/coworkername}’s behavior made me feel…
| Item label | Item text |
|---|---|
| competence_1 | competent |
| competence_2 | independent |
| competence_3 | autonomous |
Voice calculus
${e://Field/coworkername}’s behavior made me feel…
| Item label | Item text |
|---|---|
| voice_calc_1 | like my input matters |
| voice_calc_2 | like my input will be taken seriously |
| voice_calc_3 | like my input is valued |
| voice_calc_4 | like it is safe to speak up |
status_feel
In terms of how much status (i.e., respect and admiration) you would have in this interaction, ${e://Field/coworkername}’s behavior made you feel…
Like my status wouldn’t change; 0.
.
Empowerment
In this interaction, I would feel…
| Item label | Item text |
|---|---|
| empower_exp_1 | supported |
| empower_exp_2 | empowered |
| empower_exp_3 | like I have influence |
| empower_exp_4 | inspired |
Agentic
In this interaction, I would feel…
| Item label | Item text |
|---|---|
| agency_1 | powerful |
| agency_2 | capable |
| agency_3 | agentic |
Status
Do you think that {SOLICITOR PSEUDONYM} should experience any of the following changes after {his/her} response to Paul?
| Item label | Item text | - 3 | 0 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| posstat1 | After {his/her} response back to Paul, I think{SOLICITOR PSEUDONYM} is worthy of…: | -3. A lot of disrespect | 0. Neither disrespect nor respect | 3. A lot of respect |
| posstat2 | After {his/her} response back to Paul, I hold{SOLICITOR PSEUDONYM}… | -3. In very low regard | 0. In neither low regard nor high regard | 3. In very high regard |
| posstat3 | After {his/her} response back to Paul, in terms of being like{SOLICITOR PSEUDONYM}…: | -3. I want to be very different from him | -3. A lot of disrespect | 0. I don’t want to be like him, or different from him |
Rewards
Do you think that {SOLICITOR PSEUDONYM} should experience any of the following changes after {his/her} response to Paul?
| Item label | Item text | - 3 | 0 | 3 |
|---|
reward2 | change in {his/her} public recognition: | -3. Should definitely be decreased | 0. Should be kept the same | 3. Should definitely be increased |
Voice
In this interaction, I would…
| Item label | Item text |
|---|---|
| voice_1 | want to provide my insights |
| voice_2 | speak up with my thoughts |
| voice_3 | provide suggestions about the position |
Coworker characteristics
1. Voice solicitation (1 = Not at all, 4 = Sometimes, 7 =
Very much so) - Asks me personally to tell them about things that I
think would be helpful for improving this organization. - Asks me
personally to tell them about how things have been done in my previous
job(s).
- Seeks out task-related knowledge from me.
- Asks me personally what skills I have that they may not know about
that might contribute to our performance.
2. Sentiment Before this interaction, how would you describe your general sentiment toward [SOLICITOR PSEUDONYM] (-3 = Very negative, 3 = Very positive)?
3. Years known How long have you known [SOLICITOR PSEUDONYM]? 6 months or less, 6 months to 1 year, 1-3 years, 4-6 years, 7-9 years, 10-12 years, 13-15 years, 15+ years
Analyses
Interactions
Interaction results
Social Rewards