This refers to a belief that there should be status and power differences among people in organizations. The extremely high authoritarian personality is in intellectually rigid, judgmental of others, deferential to those above and explicative of those below, distrustful and resistant to change. A high-authoritarian personality would be related negatively to performance where the job demands sensitivity to the feelings of others, tack and the ability to adapt to complex and changing situations. On the other hand, where jobs are highly structured and success depends on close conformance to rules and regulations, the high authoritarian employee should perform quite well.
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