Members of organizations in the United States, in 20 intact teams of 10 or more persons, each rated on a SYMLOG questionnaire the values of the other team members and the values that they would wish to show in their own behavior (ideal). The values scores on three dimensions (dominance vs. submissiveness, friendly vs. unfriendly behavior, and accepting vs. opposing the taskorientation ofestablished authority) ofa member's ideal were compared with ratings of other team members and the self-rating. Significant positive correlations indicate that a memberjudged others (in terms of implicit personality theory) and his or her self (in terms of social desirability) according to the weighting given to the three values dimensions in the wished for behavior (ideal). In addition, there were positive correlations between members 'self-ratings and how they expected to be rated, as well as with the average rating they received.
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