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Effects of Attitude Similarity and Group Membership on Interpersonal Attraction

태도유사성과 집단소속에 따른 대인매력

  • Received : 2020.08.31
  • Accepted : 2020.10.20
  • Published : 2020.10.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this experimental study was to examine the effects of attitude similarity and ingroup/outgroup membership on interpersonal attraction. 2(Attitude similarity: Similar/Dissimilar) × 2(Group membership: Ingroup/Outgroup) between-subject design was used. The results revealed the significant main effect of attitude similarity. That is, participants preferred a person who had similar attitude with him/herself compared to the person who had dissimilar attitude. Furthermore, the significant 2-way interaction effect revealed that attitude similarity produced greater attraction for ingroup than for outgroup members and attitude dissimilarity produced stronger repulsion effects for ingroup than for outgroup members. These results could contribute to workplaces and organizations by suggesting that considering attitude similarity between team members could be a way to improve organizational productivity. The necessity for expanding these results to research on work-team performance and improvement of organizational productivity was discussed.

본 연구는 대인간의 태도유사성과 비유사성이 대인매력에 미치는 효과가 서로간의 집단소속(내집단/외집단)에 의해 어떠한 영향을 받는지 살펴보기 위한 목적으로 수행되었다. 2(태도유사성: 유사/비유사) × 2(집단소속: 내집단/외집단) 피험자간 실험설계를 통해 대인매력에 대한 영향을 검증했다. 연구결과, 태도유사성의 주효과가 유의하여 태도가 비유사한 사람보다 태도가 유사한 사람에 대한 대인매력이 유의하게 높았다. 또한, 두 독립변인 간의 상호작용이 유의하였는데, 참가자들은 상대방의 태도가 나와 유사할 때 그 사람이 외집단 구성원일 때보다 내집단 구성원일 때 더 큰 매력을 느꼈고, 상대방의 태도가 나와 비유사할 때는 그 사람이 외집단 구성원일 때보다 내집단 구성원일 때 더 큰 반감을 느꼈다. 본 연구의 결과는 조직에서 팀을 구성할 때 구성원들 간의 태도유사성을 고려하는 것이 조직 생산성을 높일 수 있는 한 방법이 될 수 있다는 점을 제안함으로써 조직과 실무 현장에 기여할 수 있다. 향후에 본 연구를 팀 수행과 조직 생산성 향상 연구로 확장할 수 있는 방안을 논의하였다.

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