The ''IM'' (Impression Management) scale

Journal/Book: Eur Rev Appl Psychol. 1996; 46: 48 Avenue Victor Hugo, 75783 Paris, France. Editions Centre Psychol Appl. 45-54.

Abstract: The Impression Management instrument measures the attitudes and behaviors of job candidates. Whereas it has been thought that test scores in such circumstances may be ''distorted'' in an aim of social desirability, the IM construct considers rather that shaping self-presentation to fit the context may be an adaptive behavior, and the scale identifies response styles. The factor analysis of the scale reveals dimensions of self- and other-deception, and in Spain, a third dimension labeled relationships-deception. All three are found in recruiting and ''no-fake'' settings; self-deception appears to be the most widely employed style.

Note: Article N Seisdedos, Tea Ediciones SA, Div Res, C Fray Bernardino Sahagun 24, E-28036 Madrid, Spain

Keyword(s): response style; impression management; self image; self-deception; others-deception; relationship-deception; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SELECTION INTERVIEW; PERSONALITY; CANDIDATE; BIAS; SEX

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