What Are the Four, Specific Traits That Comprise Core Self-Evaluations

question 25

Essay

What are the four, specific traits that comprise core self-evaluations? What organizational outcomes are associated with people who score high on core self-evaluations?

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Definitions:

Sleeper Effect

The phenomenon whereby people can remember a message but forget where it came from; thus, source credibility has a diminishing effect on attitudes over time.

Source Credibility

The degree to which the audience perceives a message’s source as expert and trustworthy.

Attitudes

Psychological constructs represented by evaluations of a particular person, behavior, belief, or object that are positive, negative, or neutral.

Central Route

A concept in the Elaboration Likelihood Model of persuasion that involves the thorough and thoughtful consideration of arguments leading to attitude change.