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Is It Good to Talk? Information Disclosure and Organizational Performance in the UK
Author(s) -
Peccei Riccardo,
Bewley Helen,
Gospel Howard,
Willman Paul
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2005.00343.x
Subject(s) - variance (accounting) , organizational commitment , organizational performance , business , outcome (game theory) , psychology , accounting , social psychology , marketing , economics , microeconomics
The disclosure of information by management to employees varies significantly between workplaces. The effects of this variance on organizational performance are analysed using WERS98 data. The results show that the impact of information disclosure on organizational performance is more complex than is often assumed in the literature. Overall, there is a significant impact, both direct and indirect, and this varies depending on the level of employee organizational commitment, the type of information disclosed and the performance outcome involved. On the whole, the positive effects are less in union settings and in situations where unions are strong.