Helping: The Influence of Anticipated Social Sanctions and Self‐Monitoring

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted to examine the influence of social sanctions and self-monitoring on willingness to help handicapped persons Compared to low self-monitonng individuals, those high in self-monitorlng tendencies were more likely to offer help if told that significant social rewards were attached to the act of helping, but were less likely to help if led to believe that these consequences were weak Implications for research on helping and self-monitonng are considered with particular attention being given to the relationship between social sanctions and self-monitonng

A Moderated Mediation Model of Personality, Self-Monitoring, and OCB

“…In other words, observers were not particularly proficient in gauging the level of Agreeableness of those who are high in self-monitoring. Therefore, our results are consistent with previous studies showing that high self-monitors are driven by social rewards such that they exhibit different levels of Agreeableness-diagnostic behaviors in response to situational demands, which may lead to a lower level of self-observer agreement on ratings of Agreeableness (Danheiser & Graziano, 1982;White & Gerstein, 1987).…”

The susceptible circle: A taxonomy of followers associated with destructive leadership

“…Such people tend to be especially influenced by the negative consequences of helping others in certain situations (Karakashian, Walter, Christopher & Lucas, 2006;Kulik & Taylor, 1981;White & Gerstein, 1987) and are less likely to report ethical violations due to concerns about retaliation from others (Fuller et al, 2007;Miceli & Near, 1992;Premeaux & Bedeian, 2003). Thus, high self-monitors may be highly sensitive to the costs of resisting destructive leaders and likely to alter their behavior to avoid the costs of not going along (Kellerman, 2004;Padilla et al, 2007).…”

The two faces of high self‐monitors: Chameleonic moderating effects of self‐monitoring on the relationships between personality traits and counterproductive work behaviors

“…In contrast, Ashton and Lee () and Nguyen, Ogunfowora, and Bourdage () found that self‐monitoring was negatively correlated with “dark‐side” traits, including all facets of honesty–humility (sincerity, modesty, fairness, lack of greed). Similarly, several studies have found that high self‐monitors are less likely to be cooperative with others if they believe that they will not personally benefit from a cooperative effort (Danheiser & Graziano, ; Snyder & Simpson, ; White & Gerstein, ).…”