The Participation-Performance Controversy Reconsidered
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Group & Organization Studies
- Vol. 12 (4) , 411-423
- https://doi.org/10.1177/105960118701200404
Abstract
Recent literature reviews (Locke, Feren, McCaleb, Shaw, & Denny, 1980; Locke & Schweiger, 1979) dealing with the impact of participation in decision making (PDM) on work outcomes have tended to cast doubt upon the relationship between PDM and job performance criteria. Results of cross-sectional research from six different U.S. military organizations are reported. Self-report measures of the degree of influence perceived by employees (i.e., PDM) were significantly correlated with job satisfaction ratings and with supervisory performance ratings in all six samples. Moderated regression analysis and partial correlation analysis indicated that PDM performance correlations were potentially confounded with the employee's self- ratings of task competence.Keywords
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