Increasing voting behavior by asking people if they expect to vote

Article Abstract:

In two studies, students contacted by telephone were asked to predict whether they would perform a particular behavior (registering to vote or voting, respectively) in the next few days. The proportion who predicted that they would do these socially desirable behaviors exceeded the proportion of control subjects who performed the behavior without first being asked to predict whether they would. Further, in the voting study these errors of overprediction were self-erasing in the sense described by S.J. Sherman (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1980, 39). That is, subjects who were asked to predict whether they would vote - all of whom predicted that they would vote - actually did vote with substantially greater probability than did the no-prediction control subjects. (Actual voting was verified by consulting official voter rolls.) Asking people to predict whether they will perform a socially desirable action appears to increase their probability of performing the action. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Analysis, Voting, Voting research

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Employee stock ownership and employee attitudes: a test of three models

Article Abstract:

Results of a test of three alternative models of the conditions necessary for employee ownership to positively influence employee attitudes are reported. Based on a study of 37 employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) companies (N of individuals = 2,804), results support hypotheses for the extrinsic and instrumental satisfaction models. Average company ESOP satisfaction and organizational commitment are high and average company turnover intention is low when the ESOP provides substantial financial benefits to employees, when management is highly committed to employee ownership, and when the company maintains an extensive ESOP communications program. In contrast, the results provide no support for the intrinsic satisfaction model of ESOP effects. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Employee ownership, Employee benefits, Employee stock options

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