Steele and Pinto XXXXXXXXXXexamined whether people’s level of trust in their direct supervisor was related to their level of agreement with a policy supported by that leader. Let’s assume they used a...

 Steele and Pinto (2006) examined whether people’s level of trust in their direct supervisor was related to their level of agreement with a policy supported by that leader. Let’s assume they used a scale that sorted employees into three groups: low trust, moderate trust, and high trust in supervisors. Following are fictional data regarding level of agreement with a leader’s decision for these three groups. The scores presented are the level of agreement with a decision made by a leader, ranging from 1, the least agreement, to 40, the highest level of agreement. Does level of trust affect agreement? Use an alpha of .05

Employees with low trust in their leader: 9, 14, 11, 18 (M= 13, s= 3.92)

Employees with moderate trust in their leader: 14, 35, 23 (M= 24, s= 10.54)

Employees with high trust in their leader: 27, 33, 21, 34 (M= 28.75, s= 6.02)