Chapter 11

Hit or Myth: Separating Fact From Workplace Performance Fiction

Chapter Highlights:

♦ Hit-or-Myth game that separates workplace performance fact

    from fiction

♦ Research-based debriefing

♦ Practical advice: remain vigilant in the face of tradition

During and immediately following World War II, there was a marked interest in propaganda and its impact on people. Numerous studies delved into how propaganda was received and perceived. Of particular interest was whether people retained and “believed” what they heard. One interesting and frequently replicated finding had to do with credibility of source. In various experiments, subjects were randomly assigned to different groups and given identical information. However, what varied ...

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