Figure 1
The horizontal axis labeled “Estimated marginal means for importance of appreciation” compares responses between two countries. The horizontal axis ranges approximately from 4.5 to 6.0 in increments of 0.5. The vertical axis is labeled “Item” and lists multiple items. From top to bottom they are: “For my professional expertise. single asterisk”, “For my work experience. double asterisk”, “For my punctuality. triple asterisk”, “For my reliability.”, “For my personality. triple asterisk”, “For my individual performance. triple asterisk”, “For professional tasks that I complete.”, “For my daily work effort.triple asterisk”, “For my solution-oriented work. Double asterisk”, “For my contributions to the overall success of the organization.”, “For my willingness to learn from mistakes.”, “For my flexibility (for example, taking on unplanned tasks, getting acquainted with new topics). Single asterisk”, “For my good mood at the workplace. triple asterisk”, “For non-professional tasks that I do in addition to my work responsibilities (for example, cleaning the coffee machine). triple asterisk”, “For my commitment that goes far beyond.”, “For my willingness to take on responsibilities. double asterisk”, “For my loyalty to the organization. triple asterisk”, “For my contributions to the further development of the organization. triple asterisk”, “For my honesty towards others. Double asterisk”, “For my social skills (for example, empathy towards colleagues). triple asterisk”, “For my loyalty towards colleagues. triple asterisk”, “For my willingness to listen.triple asterisk”, “For the feedback I give to others. triple asterisk”, and “For my team spirit. triple asterisk”. A legend on the right labeled “Country” includes two entries: “Germany” and “U S”. For 21 of the significant items, estimated magrinal means were higher for Germany than for the U S. For the item For my individual performance., the marginal mean was higher for the U S than for Germany. For most items, both countries show estimated marginal means between approximately 5.0 and 6.0. Items such as For my reliability., For my individual performance., For professional tasks that I complete., and For my solution-oriented work. appear toward the higher end of the scale, generally around 5.7 to 6.1 for both Germany and U S. Moderately high values, typically around 5.4 to 5.8, appear for items such as For my professional expertise., For my work experience., For my punctuality., For my willingness to learn from mistakes., For my flexibility (for example, taking on unplanned tasks, getting acquainted with new topics)., For my commitment that goes far beyond., For my willingness to take on responsibilities., For my loyalty to the organization., For my contributions to the further development of the organization., and For my honesty towards others. Lower estimated marginal means, generally between 4.4 and 5.2, appear for items such as For my good mood at the workplace., For non-professional tasks that I do in addition to my work responsibilities (for example, cleaning the coffee machine)., For my social skills (for example, empathy towards colleagues)., For my willingness to listen., For the feedback I give to others., and For my team spirit. Horizontal error bars around each point indicate variability around the estimates.Estimated marginal means of the importance of appreciation for work-related behaviors and traits across Germany and the US. Note. Whiskers indicate the 95% confidence intervals of the items, ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05