Predispositional influence on the interpretation of meeting conflict interaction

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Abstract

Social interaction is influenced by many pre-interaction variables. Social cognition studies have analyzed how such influences affect subsequent interaction. Despite these studies, an approach analyzing how a predisposition towards a specific social event influences behavior has not been articulated nor investigated; specifically, this project analyzed how an individual’s predisposition towards a social event influences interpretations of group interaction. Results suggest that predispositional influence affects perceptions of group satisfaction, but not group appropriateness and effectiveness.

Author

• Stephenson Beck, North Dakota State University