The impact of virtual computer screen backgrounds on subjective performance evaluation in online videoconferences

IF 4.9 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Computers in human behavior reports Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI:10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100516

Katharina Reiter , Alwine Mohnen , Gari Walkowitz

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Abstract

We investigate the influence of real and virtual computer screen backgrounds in Zoom videoconferences on subjective performance evaluation. Using an incentivized online experiment (N = 210), we systematically vary workers' computer screen backgrounds in a supervisor–worker bargaining situation carried out in a videoconference. We find a significant influence of workers' applied computer screen backgrounds on supervisors' subjective performance evaluations, with significantly more positive ratings when workers use a virtual white background than a real white background (d = 0.47). This finding is robust when we control for workers' measurable and salient objective performance and gender and for supervisors' gender and age. Regarding the underlying processes, we show that supervisors' perceptions of the workers’ likability and trustworthiness enhance subjective performance evaluations when virtual white videoconference backgrounds are applied. Practical implications for the application of human resource practices in digitalized environments are discussed.

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虚拟电脑屏幕背景对在线视频会议主观绩效评价的影响

我们研究了 Zoom 视频会议中真实和虚拟电脑屏幕背景对主观绩效评估的影响。通过一个激励性在线实验（N = 210），我们系统地改变了视频会议中主管与工人讨价还价情境中工人的电脑屏幕背景。我们发现，工人使用的电脑屏幕背景对主管的主观绩效评价有明显影响，工人使用虚拟白色背景时，主管的正面评价明显高于真实白色背景（d = 0.47）。当我们控制了工人的可测量和突出的客观绩效和性别以及主管的性别和年龄后，这一发现是稳健的。关于潜在的过程，我们表明，在使用虚拟白色视频会议背景时，主管对工作人员可亲度和可信度的感知会提高主观绩效评价。我们还讨论了在数字化环境中应用人力资源实践的实际意义。

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Computers in human behavior reports Psychology (General)

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