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A role and expectancy model of participative decision‐making: A replication and theoretical extension
Author(s) -
Smith Carlla S.,
Brannick Michael T.
Publication year - 1990
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/job.4030110202
Subject(s) - moderation , psychology , expectancy theory , job satisfaction , replication (statistics) , ambiguity , social psychology , sample (material) , participative decision making , role conflict , extension (predicate logic) , path analysis (statistics) , statistics , mathematics , computer science , chemistry , chromatography , programming language
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.