Thank you for participating in our study.

Recent findings of Ray, Gomillion, Pintea and Hamlin (2018) have highlighted the importance of memory in personal relationships. However, the link with workplace relationships is unclear. Some evidence suggests that relationships with people at work can impact organisational commitment. Organisational commitment explores how strongly a person identifies with their organisation and has been linked with turnover intentions (Mathieu & Zajac, 1990). The present study is investigating the importance of memory in workplace relationships and how it is linked with organisational commitment.

In this study you were asked to estimate how well your co-workers and managers remember you and how often they forget things about you. You were then asked to rate perceived importance of you to your manager/co-worker, as well as your current interpersonal and organisational commitment. We were curious about the relationship between memory and organisational commitment.

If successful, this study will help inform our understanding of relational and organizational commitment outcomes between colleagues and managers.

Please ask any questions you might have or discuss any concerns with Ms Anna Kaminska (postgraduate student) or Dr Devin G. Ray (supervisor) in the School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen by emailing personperceptionaberdeen@gmail.com.

Thank you again for participating in our study!

For any further information you may refer to:

Mathieu, J. E., & Zajac, D. M. (1990). A review and meta-analysis of the antecedents, correlates, and consequences of organizational commitment. Psychological Bulletin, 108(2), 171-194.

Ray, D. G., Gomillion, S., Pintea, A. I., & Hamlin, I. (2018). On being forgotten: Memory and forgetting serve as signals of interpersonal importance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.