Diel, Emma (2022) The Dark and Bright Side of Perceived Distrust: A Latent Profile Analysis. Research Master thesis, Research Master.
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Abstract
Distrust seems a formative characteristic of today's world, with far-reaching consequences for many life domains, including the workplace. By using a person-centred approach, we will investigate the experience of the person feeling distrusted by others, a largely neglected aspect of distrust. A latent profile analysis (n= 472) extracted four profiles based on three variables of perceived distrust – co-worker distrust, supervisor’s close monitoring and supervisor distrust. These profiles were characterised by “Low Distrust”, “High Monitoring”, “Medium/High Distrust”, and “Supervisor Distrust”. Additionally, we conducted an ANOVA to investigate the association between latent profile membership and predictor (work location and conspiracy mentality) and outcome variables (individual task proficiency and proactivity). While conspiracy mentality and task proficiency were significantly associated with latent profile membership, this was not the case for work location and task proactivity. Latent profile analysis presents as a helpful tool to increase understanding of a complex and multi-layered variable, like distrust.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Research Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Keller, A.C. and Warrens, M.J. |
| Degree programme: | Research Master |
| Differentiation route: | Social and Organizational Psychology [Research Master] |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Aug 2022 10:29 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Aug 2022 10:29 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1295 |
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