... financial performance (e.g., stock performance, financial performance, competitor in the market, profit potential). We established the relative levels of extremity of the positive and negative ... parentheses. Further, we manipulated polar opposite adjectives to describe either the organization’s work environment (e.g., work atmosphere, office environment, work environment, place to work) ... Pratto & John, 1990). We exposed participants to either the two (i.e., work environment and firm performance information) positive or two negative manipulations and asked them to rate the...