Organizational Behavior of Sororities at the University of Oregon

89 pages. A thesis presented to the Lundquist College of Business and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Arts, Spring 2016.The implications of sleep deprivation over a short period of time include the depletion of mental resources, which may oppress emotional regulation and influence mood. These factors may affect one's ability to assess an their relationship with others, especially in an organizational setting with leaders in power positions. In a study of a Panhellenic sorority at the University of Oregon, four leaders (in supervisor roles) and thirty- one followers (effectively subordinates), were surveyed during a six-day period of Fall Formal Recruitment to gather data. This included quantity of nightly sleep, positive and negative affect, and relationship satisfaction. Of the hypotheses tested, there was evidence from the study that indicated a statistically significant relationship between metrics such as follower and leader sleep, leader sleep and leader negative affect, leader sleep and positive leader affect, and that . leader sleep predicted leader negative affect levels and leader satisfaction with followers