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  • 1.  Looking for a measure of praise

    Posted 11-05-2015 13:32
    Dear Netters,

    I am looking for a good measure of praise, preferably a validated scale (other than just using one single straightforward question). I did some search via Google scholar and also checked the measure chest on research methods division's website, yet I have not found anything relevant. Any advice will be appreciated.

    Thank you!

    Lei


    --

    Lei Huang
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Management
    Raymond J. Harbert College of Business
    Auburn University
    Auburn, AL 36849


    "Being humble means recognizing we are not on earth to see how important we can become, 
    but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others."

    - Gordon B. Hinckley


  • 2.  Looking for a measure of praise

    Posted 11-05-2015 19:36
    Hi Lei, 

    You might try looking into the self-determination theory literature if you haven't already. Most of the praise studies there rely on experimental manipulations, but you could potentially find a scale or two as well.

    Kind regards,

    Tiffany

    On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Lei Huang <lhuanglinc@gmail.com> wrote:
    Dear Netters,

    I am looking for a good measure of praise, preferably a validated scale (other than just using one single straightforward question). I did some search via Google scholar and also checked the measure chest on research methods division's website, yet I have not found anything relevant. Any advice will be appreciated.

    Thank you!

    Lei


    --

    Lei Huang
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Management
    Raymond J. Harbert College of Business
    Auburn University
    Auburn, AL 36849


    "Being humble means recognizing we are not on earth to see how important we can become, 
    but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others."

    - Gordon B. Hinckley



    --
    Tiffany Schroeder
    Doctoral Candidate
    Department of Organizational Behavior
    Case Western Reserve University
    10900 Euclid Avenue
    Peter B. Lewis Bldg #429
    Cleveland, OH  44106-7235




  • 3.  Looking for a measure of praise

    Posted 11-06-2015 05:47
    Hello Lei,
    We developed a 6-item scale of how much a supervisor praises the respondent, alpha was .94 and CFA found it distinct from the measures of "showing (work-related) support " and "showing trust (in the respondent)" we also developed. All are in the appendix of the following paper. Feel free to contact me for the measure(s) offline if you cannot locate the paper.
    Best regards,
    Roger

    Mayer, Roger C., Bobko, Philip, Davis, James H., & Gavin, Mark B.  2011.  The effects of changing power and influence 

    tactics on trust in the supervisor: A longitudinal field study.  Journal of Trust Research, 1, 177-201.


    -- 
    Roger C. Mayer
    Professor
    Department of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    Poole College of Management
    North Carolina State University

    On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Tiffany Schroeder <tds38@case.edu> wrote:
    Hi Lei, 

    You might try looking into the self-determination theory literature if you haven't already. Most of the praise studies there rely on experimental manipulations, but you could potentially find a scale or two as well.

    Kind regards,

    Tiffany

    On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Lei Huang <lhuanglinc@gmail.com> wrote:
    Dear Netters,

    I am looking for a good measure of praise, preferably a validated scale (other than just using one single straightforward question). I did some search via Google scholar and also checked the measure chest on research methods division's website, yet I have not found anything relevant. Any advice will be appreciated.

    Thank you!

    Lei


    --

    Lei Huang
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Management
    Raymond J. Harbert College of Business
    Auburn University
    Auburn, AL 36849


    "Being humble means recognizing we are not on earth to see how important we can become, 
    but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others."

    - Gordon B. Hinckley



    --
    Tiffany Schroeder
    Doctoral Candidate
    Department of Organizational Behavior
    Case Western Reserve University
    10900 Euclid Avenue
    Peter B. Lewis Bldg #429
    Cleveland, OH  44106-7235





    --
    Roger C. Mayer
    Professor
    Department of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    Poole College of Management
    North Carolina State University
     


  • 4.  Looking for a measure of praise

    Posted 11-06-2015 00:42
    Hi Lei,

    Instead of praise, you might look into recognition or positive
    feedback. There are tons of scales on these concepts.

    To quickly find scales, a great resource is the "Inter-Nomological
    Network": http://inn.theorizeit.org/Search/Variable?query=recognition

    Cheers,
    Will

    https://www.business.unsw.edu.au/our-people/willfelps



    On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 5:31 AM, Lei Huang <lhuanglinc@gmail.com> wrote:
    > Dear Netters,
    >
    > I am looking for a good measure of praise, preferably a validated scale
    > (other than just using one single straightforward question). I did some
    > search via Google scholar and also checked the measure chest on research
    > methods division's website, yet I have not found anything relevant. Any
    > advice will be appreciated.
    >
    > Thank you!
    >
    > Lei
    >
    >
    > --
    >
    > Lei Huang
    > Assistant Professor
    > Department of Management
    > Raymond J. Harbert College of Business
    > Auburn University
    > Auburn, AL 36849
    >
    >
    > "Being humble means recognizing we are not on earth to see how important we
    > can become,
    > but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others."
    >
    > - Gordon B. Hinckley