Pygmalion without interpersonal contrast effects: Whole groups gain from raising manager expectations

Eden (1990) · Journal of Applied Psychology · Read the paper

Eden randomly assigned 29 army platoons so that the leaders of some held raised expectations of their trainees, and those platoons outperformed the control platoons.

Eden randomly assigned 29 army platoons so that the leaders of some held raised expectations of their trainees, and those platoons outperformed the control platoons.

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Eden, D. (1990). Pygmalion without interpersonal contrast effects: Whole groups gain from raising manager expectations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 75(4), 394-398. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.75.4.394 https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.75.4.394