Griffin (1983) investigated individual supervisors’ influence on perceptual processes, comparing two sets of employees across a period of four months, In one group, supervisors frequently (about five times a day) drew attention to aspects of the complexity (autonomy, variety, etc.) of a person’s job. In a control group, no such interventions took place. Employees receiving cues about job features from their supervisor subsequently viewed their jobs as significantly more complex than did the control group, and a substantial differences occurred in overall job satisfaction, which was greater in the socially influenced group.