A Role and Expectancy Model of Participative Decision Making: A Replication and Theoretical Extension
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1990
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1002/job.4030110202
Abstract
Schuler's process model of employee participation in decision‐making and job satisfaction (Schuler, 1980; Lee and Schuler, 1982) was tested using a path analytic approach. Reanalysis of Schuler's data and replication on a new sample indicated that (a) participation in decision‐making has both direct and indirect effects on job satisfaction; and (b) performance–outcome expectancy, role conflict, and role ambiguity all appear to mediate the relationship between participation and satisfaction. In an extension of the model, organizational level and job involvement were hypothesized to moderate the participation–satisfaction relationship (i.e. function interactively). Although neither variable functions as a moderator, job involvement operates in a fashion similar to participation in the model. In general, consistent results across four independent samples strongly support Schuler's basic process model.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Organizational Behavior, v. 11, issue 2, p. 91-104
Scholar Commons Citation
Smith, Carlla S. and Brannick, Michael T., "A Role and Expectancy Model of Participative Decision Making: A Replication and Theoretical Extension" (1990). Psychology Faculty Publications. 2355.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/2355
