In this research, the authors test a model in which the regulatory focus of employees at work mediates the influence of leadership on employee behavior. In a nationally representative sample of 250 workers who responded over 2 time periods, prevention focus mediated the relationship of initiating structure to in-role performance and deviant…

Compares hospitalized tuberculosis patients with informative and uninformative physicians as to their use of library books. Finds that the two groups did not differ in general reading, but that those with uninformative physicians tended to seek out books about tuberculosis and its treatment more often. (MB)

Tests the effects of (1) specialization versus project team organization and (2) individual- versus group-level feedback. Finds that groups organized into project teams tended to express higher levels of satisfaction and groups given individual-level feedback tended to construct higher scoring words. (MB)