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Cognitive and motivational frameworks in U.S. research on participation: a meta‐analysis of primary effects
Author(s) -
WAGNER III JOHN A.,
LEANA CARRIE R.,
LOCKE EDWIN A.,
SCHWEIGER DAVID M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1379(199701)18:1<49::aid-job789>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - psychology , percept , meta analysis , conceptual framework , social psychology , cognition , cognitive psychology , perception , sociology , social science , medicine , neuroscience
In this paper we classify 86 published studies of participation conducted in the U.S. according to whether they are based on cognitive or motivational conceptual frameworks, then conduct a meta‐analysis of 124 correlation coefficients obtained from them to determine whether distinguishing between conceptual frameworks portends differences in the findings of U.S. research on the effects of participatory processes on performance and satisfaction. Results reveal noticeable differences in the findings of participation–satisfaction research, but also indicate that these differences diminish substantially upon elimination of research based on single‐source self‐reports. If interpreted as evidence of percept–percept inflation, these findings are wholly consistent with those of other recent analyses. If interpreted as evidence of the greater accuracy of self‐report measures of intra‐psychic phenomena, they suggest that research on the relationship between participation and satisfaction has been influenced by the conceptual frameworks used to design studies and formulate conclusions. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.