Figure 3
The horizontal axis labeled “Estimated marginal means for degree of felt appreciation” compares responses between two countries. The horizontal axis ranges approximately from negative 1.25 to 0.00 in increments of 0.25. The vertical axis is labeled “Item” and lists multiple items. From top to bottom they are: “For my professional expertise. double asterisk”, “For my work experience. triple asterisk”, “For my punctuality. triple asterisk”, “For my reliability. triple asterisk”, “For my personality.”, “For my individual performance. triple asterisk”, “For professional tasks that I complete. triple asterisk”, “For my daily work effort. double asterisk”, “For my solution-oriented work. triple asterisk”, “For my contributions to the overall success of the organization. triple asterisk”, “For my willingness to learn from mistakes. triple asterisk”, “For my flexibility (for example, taking on unplanned tasks, getting acquainted with new topics). triple asterisk”, “For my good mood at the workplace. double asterisk”, “For non-professional tasks that I do in addition to my work responsibilities (for example, cleaning the coffee machine). double asterisk”, “For my commitment that goes far beyond. triple asterisk”, “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. triple asterisk”, “For my social skills (for example, empathy towards colleagues). double 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.”. A legend on the right labeled “Country” includes two entries: “Germany” and “U S”. For the 23 significant items, the estimated marginal mean is higher in Germany than in the U S. For most items, both countries show negative estimated marginal means between approximately negative 1.10 and negative 0.20. Items such as For my punctuality., 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 negative 0.40 to negative 0.20 for Germany and around negative 0.60 to negative 0.40 for U S. Moderately positioned values, typically around negative 0.80 to negative 0.40, appear for items such as For my professional expertise., For my work experience., 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 negative 1.10 and negative 0.70, 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 spiritHorizontal error bars around each point indicate variability around the estimates.Estimated marginal means of the degree of felt appreciation for work-related behaviors and traits across Germany and the US. Note. The degree of felt appreciation is the importance of appreciation subtracted from the appreciation received resulting in under-appreciation (difference <0), the right amount of appreciation (difference = 0), and overappreciation (difference <0), only the negative area is covered as all differences are below 0; Whiskers indicate the 95% confidence intervals of the items, ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05