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Mario Sussmann
Researcher at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Publications - 6
Citations - 191
Mario Sussmann is an academic researcher from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social influence & Balance theory. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications receiving 190 citations.
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Choice of influence tactics: Individual and organizational determinants
Robert P. Vecchio,Mario Sussmann +1 more
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A Social Influence Interpretation of Worker Motivation
Mario Sussmann,Robert P. Vecchio +1 more
TL;DR: A framework for understanding worker motivation is proposed in this article, which draws heavily on theory and research in the areas of social influence, individual differences, and organizational typology, and identifies specific, testable hypotheses.
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Staffing sufficiency and job enrichment: Support for an optimal level theory
Robert P. Vecchio,Mario Sussmann +1 more
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Preferences for forms of supervisory social influence
Robert P. Vecchio,Mario Sussmann +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a study of the predictive utility of employee preferences for forms of supervisory inducements, a sample of 236 administrators and first-line supervisors provided survey data regarding their individual superiors, and the respondents' statements of preferred forms of social influence from their superiors were statistically adjusted for the reported level of influence used in order to determine more precisely whether discrepancies between actual and preferred form of influence could uniquely predict criterion variance.
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Conceptualizations of valence and instrumentality: A fourfold model
Mario Sussmann,Robert P. Vecchio +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a fourfold model is developed to predict the contribution which is made by one outcome of an alternative to the valence of that alternative, using four subjective conditional probabilities which are based on the presence and absence of the alternative, and on the occurrence and nonoccurrence of an outcome.