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To examine whether managers' implicit person theories regarding the malleability of personal attributes affect their ability to recognize subsequent improvements or declines in employee performance.

September 1, 2005Journal of Applied Psychology

The Effect of Implicit Person Theory on Performance Appraisals.

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PHPeter A. HeslinSouthern Methodist University GLGary P. LathamUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill DVDon VandewalleSouthern Methodist University

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Randomized trial demonstrates that shifting managers to an incremental implicit person theory improves recognition of employee change, highlighting the value of malleability interventions.

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To examine whether managers' implicit person theories regarding the malleability of personal attributes affect their ability to recognize subsequent improvements or declines in employee performance.
Conducted four studies evaluating how incremental versus entity implicit person theories impact managers' performance evaluations relative to initially observed baseline behaviors.
Randomly assigned entity theorists in Study 4 to either a self-persuasion training intervention to promote an incremental mindset or a placebo control condition, with follow-up at 6 weeks.
Holding an incremental theory was positively associated with recognizing both improved performance (Study 1) and deteriorating performance (Study 2), remaining unanchored by initial impressions (Study 3).
Entity theorists who received self-persuasion training developed a significantly more incremental theory that persisted across 6 weeks and produced greater acknowledgment of employee improvements compared to placebo controls.

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Heslin et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a02adb898cafe0df5755084 https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.90.5.842

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Randomized trial demonstrates that shifting managers to an incremental implicit person theory improves recognition of employee change, highlighting the value of malleability interventions.

The Effect of Implicit Person Theory on Performance Appraisals.

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The Effect of Implicit Person Theory on Performance Appraisals.

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