Peter Herriot

Memory for remembered events: Effects of response mode and response-produced feedback*

This study explored the extent and accuracy of the subjects knowledge of his previous recall performance as a function of response mode and response-produced feedback. In a series of immediate free recall trials, different groups of subjects were required to respond orally, to write down their responses, or to respond in both oral and written modes. On half of the trials recall was under conditions designed to impair response-produced feedback. All subjects were then re-presented with the original items and asked to indicate those they had recalled earlier. Recognition of previously recalled items was most accurate following oral plus written recall, least accurate following oral recall. Impaired feedback led to poorer knowledge of previous recall in each response mode. These results support the conclusion that the nature of the memory trace following recall cannot be adequately described solely in terms of temporal updating and strengthening of the trace formed during presentation. The implications of this conclusion are discussed with particular reference to sampling-with-replacement models of retrieval.

Careerist Orientation and Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Expatriates and Non-Expatriates

This study had three objectives. First, we examined the relationship between careerist orientation and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Second, we investigated the mediating role of life satisfaction in the relationship between careerist orientation and OCB. Third, we examined whether expatriate employees (those sent abroad on full-time company assignment) differed from non-expatriate employees in the strength of the relationship between careerist orientation and OCB. The expatriate sample consisted of 232 U.S. expatriates working in United Kingdom and the non-expatriate sample consisted of 210 full-time employees working in various organizations in the United States. We used hierarchical regression analyses to test the hypotheses. Careerist orientation adversely affected OCB because of lower life satisfaction that the employees experienced. Expatriate employees with a high careerist orientation exhibited lower level of OCB than non-expatriates with a high careerist orientation.

Career orientations of senior executives and their implications for careers guidance

Abstract The development of career theory has given little attention to mid-career adults relative to that given to school leavers and young adults. Furthermore, in looking at adult careers the focus has primarily been on the objective patterns of career movements rather than on subjective aspects of career. As objective careers become less easily measured, with the disappearance of clear career ladders, the importance of the subjective career increases. In a questionnaire study of senior executives (n = 132) who undertook a formal counselling programme, there was no evidence of any change in expectations of future employing organisations, or the career signals they held important. Post-counselling clients rated themselves more highly than pre-counselling clients on their knowledge and confidence, their self awareness in regard to careers, their ability to negotiate career change and their attribution of career progress to their own personal qualities. The implications of these findings for careers counse...