' ▁expect ations ▁and ▁per ception s ▁of ▁younger ▁super vis ors , ▁a ▁phenomen on ▁that ▁has ▁been ▁l abeled ▁as ▁Re verse ▁P yg mal ion . ▁ ▁A ▁reverse ▁P yg mal ion ▁effect ▁is ▁not ▁syn onymous ▁with ▁the ▁G ole m ▁effect . ▁In ▁both ▁the ▁regular ▁P yg mal ion ▁and ▁G ole m ▁effects , ▁the ▁expect ations ▁of ▁the ▁super visor ▁have ▁an ▁effect ▁on ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁the ▁sub ordinate ▁while ▁in ▁the ▁reverse ▁P yg mal ion ▁and ▁G ole m ▁effects , ▁the ▁expect ations ▁of ▁the ▁sub ordinate ▁have ▁an ▁effect ▁on ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁the ▁super visor . ▁ ▁To ▁date , ▁there ▁has ▁been ▁little ▁research ▁on ▁the ▁subject ; ▁however , ▁one ▁study ▁found ▁that , ▁compared ▁to ▁younger ▁workers , ▁older ▁workers ▁with ▁younger ▁super vis ors ▁expected ▁less ▁out ▁of ▁their ▁super vis ors , ▁and ▁consequ ently ▁r ated ▁their ▁leadership ▁behav iors ▁as ▁lower ▁than ▁in ▁other ▁conditions . ▁While ▁this ▁study ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁effect ▁studied ▁as ▁Re verse ▁P yg mal ion , ▁it ▁appears ▁to ▁be ▁also ▁l ending ▁cred ence ▁to ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁a ▁Re verse ▁G ole m ▁effect ▁existing , ▁in ▁that ▁sub ordinates ' ▁negative ▁expect ations ▁of ▁super vis ors ▁may ▁consequ ently ▁influence ▁super visor ▁behavior ▁in ▁a ▁negative ▁fashion . ▁This ▁would ▁be ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁" reverse " ▁phenomen on ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁typical ▁G ole m ▁effect