The Invention of Lying (At Work): the Development and Validation of a Situational Judgment
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University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 6-5-2014 The nI vention of Lying (at Work): The Development and Validation of a Situational Judgment Jeffrey S. Conway University of South Florida, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd Part of the Psychology Commons Scholar Commons Citation Conway, Jeffrey S., "The nI vention of Lying (at Work): The eD velopment and Validation of a Situational Judgment" (2014). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5204 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Invention of Lying (at Work): The Development and Validation of a Situational Judgment Test Measuring Dishonesty in Organizations by Jeffrey S. Conway A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy Department of Psychology College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida Major Professor: Walter C. Borman, Ph.D. Jamie L. Goldenberg, Ph.D. Paul E. Spector, Ph.D. Stephen Stark, Ph.D. Joseph A. Vandello, Ph.D. Date of Approval: June 5, 2014 Keywords: Situational Judgment Test, Personality, Lying, Honesty, Scale Development Copyright © 2014, Jeffrey S. Conway TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables ................................................................................................................................. iv List of Figures ..................................................................................................................................v Abstract .......................................................................................................................................... vi Chapter 1 Introduction .....................................................................................................................1 Chapter 2 Literature Review ............................................................................................................4 Moral Disengagement ..........................................................................................................4 Personality Psychology Research ........................................................................................5 Social Psychology Research ................................................................................................6 Organizational Research ......................................................................................................9 Summary of Extant Research.............................................................................................12 Chapter 3 Theory and Measurement ..............................................................................................14 Socioanalytic Theory and Scale Dimensionality ...............................................................14 Limitations of Likert Self-Reports .....................................................................................16 Situational Judgment Tests ................................................................................................17 Study Goals and Contribution to the Literature. ................................................................20 Chapter 4 Study 1: Scale Construction ..........................................................................................21 Item Generation, Scoring, and Response Instructions .......................................................21 Sample Item .......................................................................................................................23 Pilot Test ............................................................................................................................25 Item Sorting .......................................................................................................................26 Chapter 5 Study 2: Scale Evaluation .............................................................................................27 Convergent and Discriminant Validity ..............................................................................28 Nomological Network ........................................................................................................29 Study 2 Method ..................................................................................................................35 Participants and Procedure .....................................................................................35 Measures ................................................................................................................36 A Brief Note on Study Measures ...............................................................36 Demographics ............................................................................................37 Honesty ......................................................................................................37 Goal Orientation.........................................................................................37 i Locus of Control ........................................................................................37 Moral Disengagement ................................................................................38 Ethical Viewpoints .....................................................................................38 FFM Facets ................................................................................................39 Social Skill .................................................................................................39 Empathy .....................................................................................................39 Machiavellianism .......................................................................................40 Study 2 Results ..................................................................................................................40 Scale Evaluation.....................................................................................................40 Correlations, Descriptive Statistics, and Coefficient Alphas .................................43 Hypothesis 1...........................................................................................................44 Hypothesis 2 and 3 .................................................................................................44 Hypothesis 4...........................................................................................................45 Hypotheses 5 and 6 ................................................................................................47 Hypothesis 7...........................................................................................................47 Hypothesis 8...........................................................................................................47 Hypotheses 9 and 10 ..............................................................................................47 Hypothesis 11.........................................................................................................48 Hypotheses 12 and 13 ............................................................................................48 Hypothesis 14.........................................................................................................48 Hypothesis 15.........................................................................................................48 Hypothesis Summary .............................................................................................48 Study 2 Discussion .............................................................................................................49 Chapter 6 Study 3: Scale Validation ..............................................................................................52 Overview of Organizational Criteria .................................................................................52 Hypotheses and Research Questions .................................................................................53 Exploratory Research Questions ........................................................................................60 Study 3 Method ..................................................................................................................61 Participants and Procedure .....................................................................................61 Measures ................................................................................................................62 Demographics, FFM Facets, Social Skill, Empathy, and Machiavellianism ....................................................................62 Job Performance.........................................................................................62 Turnover Intentions ....................................................................................63 OCS ............................................................................................................63 Data Analysis .........................................................................................................63 Study 3 Results ..................................................................................................................64 Scale Evaluation.....................................................................................................64