The Effects of Social Comparison and Objective Feedback on Work Performance Across Different Performance Levels

Does Social Comparison Orientation Moderate the Organisational Justice, In-role Performance, Citizenship and Counterproductive Behaviours Relationship?

“…This relative LMX has significant effects on performance and satisfaction with a mediating role for self-efficacy (Hu & Liden, 2013). Another study (Moon et al 2017) supported the effect of social comparison on performance in an experiment that compared the effect of social comparison feedback and objective feedback. Social comparisons were also found to affect teachers' performance within the effort-performance expectancy framework (Yperen et al, 2006).…”

“…This research proposes moderation role of social comparison orientation in the justice-performance relationship based on the fact that individuals unavoidably compare with others in their organizations (Rupp & Cropanzano, 2002;Buunk et al 2005), and the results of this comparison will affect their reaction to the perceived organisational justice / injustice (Yperen et al 2006;Moon et al 2017). According to research results social comparison orientation moderated the relationship between perceived organisational justice and employees' performance with its three dimensions.…”

“…It is found that social comparison had a strong effect on performance judgments where individuals tend to use social comparisons feedback to evaluate their performance whereas they tend to use their existing self-knowledge to evaluate their ability (Moon, Lee, & Oah, 2017;Schneider & Valet, 2017). This means that employees' evaluation for their performance depends on the results of social comparisons, hence, it is expected that their future performance will be affected by this comparison (Goffin et al 2009;Moon et al, 2017). …”

“…This comparison produces feedback upon which individuals develop their perception about their abilities and opinions (Moon et al 2017). This perception could be negative or positive and accordingly can create positive or negative affective status.…”

“…Social comparison theory presented by Festinger's (1954) suggests that individuals engage in series of comparisons with others in order to get a clearer picture of self-evaluation (Buunk, Zurriaga & Peíró, 2005). This tendency toward social comparison is expected to affect the justice-performance relationship, where individuals with high tendency for social comparisons will react differently to perceived justice than those with law tendency for social comparisons (Moon, Lee, & Oah, 2017).…”