The next psychology colloquium is scheduled for Wednesday April 12th at 3:30pm via WebEx. Dr. Rong Su from Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa will be presenting the work titled “Prosocial Motivation: Workplace Outcomes and Differential Evaluations Based on Gender.” We hope that you will join us!
Abstract: We often hear the saying “nice guys finish last.” Past research on the trait foundation of prosociality (e.g., agreeableness) has often found it to have little benefit for job performance and may even be costly for employee performance and career success. More recently, a growing body of research examined the workplace outcomes of prosocial motivation and reported inconsistent findings on its relationships with employee well-being, performance, and career advancement. In this talk, I will present a conceptual framework that helps integrate the diffuse array of constructs and measures capturing prosocial motivation in the literature and a meta-analysis that reconciles inconsistent past findings by showing when and under what condition prosocial motivation is beneficial or costly for employees. In addition, despite much evidence on the gender differences in prosociality, past research has often failed to find gender to moderate the effects of prosociality in the workplace. I will also present some ongoing research that explains why this may be the case and demonstrates differential workplace evaluations based on gender using the conceptual framework.
Bio: Dr. Rong Su is an Associate Professor of Management & Entrepreneurship and Pioneer Research Fellow at the University of Iowa. She received her PhD in Organizational Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on individual differences (vocational interests, personality, motivation), gender and diversity in organizations, and quantitative research methods. Her research has appeared in numerous top-tier journals in psychology and management, including Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Personnel Psychology, and has been featured by major media outlets nationally and internationally including Time and The New York Times. Dr. Su has served as a research consultant for the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Army, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). She also currently serves as an Associate Editor for Psychological Bulletin.
Event link for attendees:
https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=mb1f2afed153ac8ceaa3b319cd58a84af
Meeting ID: 2624 862 2936
Password: PSYC20230412
The remaining colloquium schedule is listed below. All talks will take place at 3:30pm on Wednesday's unless otherwise noted. The mode (online/in-person) of each talk may differ, please see future email announcements.
April 19th 2023
Dr. Marjorie Rhodes
Department of Psychology, New York University
For more information, contact: Merrisa Lin at merrisa.lin@uconn.edu