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{"title":"Making a choice when information is missing: The case of medical versus consumer choices","authors":"Cristina Maroiu, L. Maricuţoiu","doi":"10.24913/rjap.21.01.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24913/rjap.21.01.04","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports an experimental investigation of decision-making under uncertainty. Today, patients are encouraged to participate, or even decide for themselves what kind of care and treatment they should get; they are now in the position of a consumer that chooses what he believes is best. However, choosing a specific treatment rather than another has more important consequences in one's life than choosing a brand of yogurt rather than another. We wanted to see if people choose according to the available information, or not. Using a within-person design, we asked if there are any differences in the way people make medical choices, as compared to non-medical, neutral choices. Latency was also measured for the 21 choices each participant had to make. Additionally, we investigated moral purity, and gender – as between-person variables, to see if they play a role in decision-making under uncertainty. We analyzed the data with hierarchical linear modelling, where a series of choices (level 1) were nested within individuals (level 2). Results showed that people relied on the available information more often for medical choices than for non-medical, neutral choices. The less time spent, the higher the probability of relying on the available information. Also, while moral purity was not a significant predictor of decision-making, gender seems to be a moderator: men tend to rely more than women on the known information, in the case of medical choices, while in the case of non-medical choices, the differences between men and women are insignificant.","PeriodicalId":36595,"journal":{"name":"Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87534672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editorial: Higher aims and standards, new indexing and submission format","authors":"Paul Sârbescu, F. Sava","doi":"10.24913/rjap.21.1.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24913/rjap.21.1.01","url":null,"abstract":"As half of 2019 passed almost like a sparkle already, the first RJAP issue glimmers on the horizon. This editorial unfolds several accomplishments and announces future endeavors for the journal. “You can’t know were you’re going until you know were you’ve been”, or so they say. Hence, before we jump to the new additions to the journal, let’s take a brief look at our previous volumes. In the past years, RJAP had a lot of diversity – both in terms of article topics and types. Although oraganizational psychology is (probably) the most well represented and consistent area of our journal (e.g. Griep et al., 2015, Veress & Gavreliuc, 2018), it is far from being the only one. Implicit measures have consistently made their way into our volumes (e.g. Gruber, 2018; Sălăgean, 2017; Şoflău & Matu, 2016), while transportation psychology has also been represented (e.g. Măirean, 2018). One of the most noticed and cited article from the past few years focused on the national personality profile of Romanians (David et al., 2015). In 2018, bullying was a popular topic: both among primary school children (Ang et al., 2018) and among high school students (DiBlasi, Shin and Dill, 2018). And although the vast majority of published articles are represented by empirical papers, we also published two meta-analyses in the past three years: one on the association between personality and aggressive driving (Iancu, Hogea & Olteanu, 2016) and the other concerning the efficiency of socio-emotional learning programs (Boncu, Costea & Minulescu, 2017). Our previous aims also apply to the future of RJAP. We welcome empirical/methodological papers and metaanalyses from all areas of applied psychology. Literature reviews will only be considered if they provide meaningful ways of advancing applied research. We also wish to increase the number of published papers to +10 per volume. However, as before, quality will always precede quantity and no compromises will be made just for the sake of publishing more papers. So, what’s new about RJAP? Probably the most exciting news concern RJAP’s inclusion in PsycINFO and Scopus (very recent). As these new objectives were accomplished, the next stop is Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index. Another novelty concerns a new submission format addition: registered reports.","PeriodicalId":36595,"journal":{"name":"Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84978090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Self-authenticity, Optimism, and Neuroticism in relation to Basic Psychological Needs","authors":"D. Ionescu, C. Iacob","doi":"10.24913/rjap.21.1.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24913/rjap.21.1.05","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aimed at investigating the mediating role of one personality construct (i.e., dispositional optimism) on the relationship between self-authenticity and basic psychological needs (BPN) satisfaction. This study also aims to investigate the predictive role of three personality constructs (self-authenticity, optimism, and neuroticism) on basic psychological needs satisfaction. The participants were 566 Romanian adults from the general population (M = 43.66 years old, SD = 10.46), who were asked to fill in multiple questionnaires. Findings reveal that optimism mediates the relationship between self-authenticity and the satisfaction of the need for autonomy (β=.30, R2=.39, p<0.001) and also mediates the relationship between self-authenticity and the satisfaction of the need for competence (β=.51, R2=.36, p<0.001), but does not mediate the relationship between self-authenticity and the need for relatedness. Another result of this study is that the three personality factors (self-authenticity, optimism, and neuroticism) predict altogether the satisfaction of basic psychological needs (β= -.11, R2=.52, p<0.05). These results extend the current knowledge about personality determinants involved in autonomy, competence and relatedness basic needs from self-determination theory. In the end, the authors discuss the implications of the findings, the limits of the present study and future research suggestions.","PeriodicalId":36595,"journal":{"name":"Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85288631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Work-Life Conflict and Satisfaction with Life: Correlates and the Mediating Role of the Work-Family Conflict","authors":"A. Cazan, Camelia Truța, M. Pavalache-Ilie","doi":"10.24913/rjap.21.1.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24913/rjap.21.1.02","url":null,"abstract":"The permeable boundary between family life and professional life allows interferences between them which could lead to either positive or negative consequences in both plans of the employees’ lives. Our paper aims to analyse the relationships between the work-family conflict, organizational attachment, positive and negative affectivity, work satisfaction and life satisfaction and last but not least, well-being. The sample consisted of 245 employees. The main hypothesis highlights the mediating role of the work-family conflict in the relationship between affectivity, workplace attachment and job satisfaction and satisfaction with life. Future research could focus on the environmental factors mediating the relationships between life and job satisfaction and on their interaction with the dispositional factors.","PeriodicalId":36595,"journal":{"name":"Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80444121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effect of Self Efficacy on Perceived Job Insecurity in the Nigerian Banking Industry: the Mediating Role of Employee Self Esteem","authors":"Adewale, A. Adekiya, B. Adepoju, Garba, Bala Bello, Bernardes Oscar","doi":"10.24913/rjap.21.01.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24913/rjap.21.01.03","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the assumption that the construct of self-esteem should acts as a major factor in the self- evaluation model and it’s often given a consideration whenever the objective is determining the nature of human behavior including the coping styles usually adopted by employees as a result of exposure to insecure job perception, this study extends on previous research by employing the use of Lazarus transactional stress theory and Korman social construction theory to present a research model which highlights employees self-efficacy as an antecedent of perceived job insecurity with employee’s self-esteem acting as a mediator in this relationship. To advance our line of theoretical reasoning, we elicit responses from a total of one hundred and fifty three (153) randomly selected bankers in four major Nigerian Banks to empirically prove that employee self-esteem represents a core construct whenever the objective is centered on reducing the perception of job insecurity from the perspective of job related efficacies. Specifically, two key findings were uncovered: 1) while increase in self-efficacy will directly lead to a significant increase in self-esteem, it will however lead to an insignificant decrease in perceived job insecurity. 2) An improvement in self-esteem exercises a direct, negative and statistically significant influence on perceived job insecurity. Hence, with the view that managers and practitioners can advance their course in reducing employee’s self-perceived job insecurity through self-efficacy by focusing on improving self-esteem, we conclude by proposing relevant personality based interventions in addition to those organizational and institutional based interventions which may be employed in advancing this course.","PeriodicalId":36595,"journal":{"name":"Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78322422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Organizational Commitment, Organizational Justice and Work Satisfaction: A Comprehensive Model in a Romanian Organizational Setting","authors":"Z. Veress, A. Gavreliuc","doi":"10.24913/rjap.20.2.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24913/rjap.20.2.05","url":null,"abstract":"Our paper investigates the way in which the different dimensions of organizational justice and organizational commitment are mediated by work satisfaction. The rationale of the study is two folded. First, in our opinion there is a gap in scientific literature when it comes to studies that explore the way in which the dimensions of organizational justice and organizational commitment interact, most researches treating commitment as an aggregate concept. Second, even thou the interaction between organizational justice, job satisfaction and organizational commitment is well documented, studies that consider job satisfaction a mediator rather than an outcome variable are few even, if these few provide strong evidence regarding the value of job satisfaction as a mediator. Our research was done two Romanian manufacturing organization, in Harghita and Brașov Counties (N = 676) and the collected data was interpreted using exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. The obtained model not only further enforces existing body of knowledge regarding the strong relation between organizational justice and commitment but also proposes a way in which the dimensions of these two concepts relate to each other, relation that is mediated by job satisfaction. Our proposed model shows that three of the four dimensions of organizational justice (procedural, distributive, interactional justice) are mediated by job satisfaction (distributive justice) and one is partially mediated (procedural).","PeriodicalId":36595,"journal":{"name":"Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88111030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mortality salience and the Trolley Problem in Medical Students","authors":"G. Andrade, M. Redondo, D. Razdan","doi":"10.24913/rjap.20.2.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24913/rjap.20.2.03","url":null,"abstract":"Terror Management Theory predicts that when subjects are exposed to mortality salience (i.e. they are reminded of their death), they develop higher levels of anxiety and have stronger holdings for their cultural worldviews. Mortality salience also makes subjects more cautious in many daily activities. These premises lead to the hypothesis that, under mortality salience, subjects are more deontological in their moral judgments. To test this hypothesis, medical students from a Caribbean school were presented with two classical versions of the Trolley Problem. Subjects were placed in two groups, on the basis of a computer random generator. One group was not exposed to mortality salience, the other group was. Results came out showing that being under mortality salience does not significantly increase the probability that subjects have a deontological approach to ethics.","PeriodicalId":36595,"journal":{"name":"Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89082434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bullying and Discrimination Experiences among Korean-American Junior High School Students","authors":"Thomas DiBlasi, Jin Y. Shin, C. Dill","doi":"10.24913/rjap.20.2.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24913/rjap.20.2.01","url":null,"abstract":"The incidence of bullying experiences has increased dramatically in recent decades and with little research on Korean-Americans. The goal of this study was to examine the experiences of six to eight grade Korean-Americans and to explore the relationships between bullying, discrimination, depression, and ethnic composition of the school, as set forth by Shin, D'Antonio, Son, Kim, and Park (2011). Path analyses for the victims, bystanders, bullies, and bully-victim combination, respectively, revealed several key findings and differences between middle school and high school. Taken together with Shin et al. (2011), these results suggest that as adolescents grow older, the ethnicity of the individuals or the ethnic composition of the schools may be more influential in the bullying experience.","PeriodicalId":36595,"journal":{"name":"Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77101829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Relationships among transformational leadership, organizational climate, organizational citizenship behavior and performance in Romanian employees","authors":"Wasim Get","doi":"10.24913/rjap.20.2.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24913/rjap.20.2.04","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we identified on the one hand the relationship among transformational leadership, organizational climate, organizational citizenship behavior, and performance, and on the other hand the mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior in the relation between transformational leadership and the performance of Romanian employees. The participants were 316 employees from small, medium and large Romanian companies. The male and female participants were selected from private sector economic organizations, either manufacturing companies or service providers. The results showed that transformational leadership was positively associated with the organizational climate, organizational citizenship behavior, and employees’ performance. The organizational citizenship behavior was positively associated with employees’ performance. It was also noticed that organizational citizenship behavior mediates the relationship between leadership and performance, with relatively equal effects on task performance and on contextual performance. By understanding the importance of leadership style in the organizational environment, leadership skills improvement programs may be developed to enhance the performance of the organization.","PeriodicalId":36595,"journal":{"name":"Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82710460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The relation between driving cognitions and driving phobia: The moderating role of emotional regulation strategies","authors":"C. Măirean","doi":"10.24913/rjap.20.2.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24913/rjap.20.2.02","url":null,"abstract":"This study evaluated the relation between driving cognitions (i.e. panic, accidents, and social related cognitions) and driving phobia (driving fear and driving avoidance). We also investigated the moderating role of emotional regulation strategies (i.e. expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal) in the relation between driving cognitions and driving phobia. A sample of 1401 drivers took part in this study (51.8 % men, Mage = 34.76, SD = 11.76). The participants completed scales measuring driving cognitions, emotional regulation strategies, and driving phobia, as well as demographic information. The results showed that driving cognitions are positively associated with driving fear and driving avoidance. Further, our results revealed positive relations between expressive suppression and driving fear, as well as between cognitive reappraisal and driving avoidance. Moreover, driving related cognitions interacted with emotional regulation strategies in predicting driving fear. The implications of these results for interventions and future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":36595,"journal":{"name":"Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75513242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}