Reynolds, Scott JMiller, Jared2018-07-312018-07-312018-07-312018Miller_washington_0250E_18728.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1773/42219Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2018Feeling appreciated is an important part of both individuals' social self-perceptions and relational interchange. It undergirds a number of foundational organizational constructs; and yet, as a unique management construct, feeling appreciated is essentially unrecognized and wholly underdeveloped. Over six interrelated chapters my dissertation develops a foundation for conceptualizing, measuring and researching feeling appreciated. I argue that feeling appreciated is associated with perceptions of one's own warmth and/or competence and thus serves as a strong common thread linking numerous foundational OB concepts and constructs. Results of three studies confirm that feeling appreciated is a critical factor driving both self-concerned and other-oriented organizational outcomes.application/pdfen-USCC BY-NC-NDConstruct redundancyFeeling appreciatedGratitudeSocial exchangeStereotype content modelOrganizational behaviorBusiness administrationThesis