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Unlocking politicians’ potential : the motivational mechanisms underlying performance information use and voice behavior

Sebastian Desmidt (UGent) and Kenn Meyfroodt (UGent)
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The purposeful use of performance information is considered an important behavior for politicians in governing boards because it can stimulate debate by facilitating the sharing of different viewpoints in a constructive manner. Such voice behavior can foster better informed decisions and shared understanding. Despite this presumed importance of both purposeful use of performance information and voice behavior, little is known about their actual drivers. To address this omission, we build on motivated information processing theory to test an integrative model that includes a person based and situation based pathway to analyze the determinants of politicians’ purposeful use of performance information and voice using data from 520 politicians populating the governing boards of 246 Flemish local authorities. Results indicate that both paths are relevant, but the person based pathway has the strongest impact.
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Performance information use, voice behavior, motivation, information processing, politicians

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Desmidt, Sebastian, and Kenn Meyfroodt. “Unlocking Politicians’ Potential : The Motivational Mechanisms Underlying Performance Information Use and Voice Behavior.” Understanding the Inclusive Organization, AOM 2019, 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Proceedings, 2019.
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Desmidt, S., & Meyfroodt, K. (2019). Unlocking politicians’ potential : the motivational mechanisms underlying performance information use and voice behavior. Understanding the Inclusive Organization, AOM 2019, 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Proceedings. Presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2019), Boston (MA.), USA.
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Desmidt, Sebastian, and Kenn Meyfroodt. 2019. “Unlocking Politicians’ Potential : The Motivational Mechanisms Underlying Performance Information Use and Voice Behavior.” In Understanding the Inclusive Organization, AOM 2019, 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Proceedings.
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Desmidt, Sebastian, and Kenn Meyfroodt. 2019. “Unlocking Politicians’ Potential : The Motivational Mechanisms Underlying Performance Information Use and Voice Behavior.” In Understanding the Inclusive Organization, AOM 2019, 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Proceedings.
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Desmidt S, Meyfroodt K. Unlocking politicians’ potential : the motivational mechanisms underlying performance information use and voice behavior. In: Understanding the Inclusive Organization, AOM 2019, 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Proceedings. 2019.
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S. Desmidt and K. Meyfroodt, “Unlocking politicians’ potential : the motivational mechanisms underlying performance information use and voice behavior,” in Understanding the Inclusive Organization, AOM 2019, 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Proceedings, Boston (MA.), USA, 2019.
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  abstract     = {{The purposeful use of performance information is considered an important behavior for politicians in governing boards because it can stimulate debate by facilitating the sharing of different viewpoints in a constructive manner. Such voice behavior can foster better informed decisions and shared understanding. Despite this presumed importance of both purposeful use of performance information and voice behavior, little is known about their actual drivers. To address this omission, we build on motivated information processing theory to test an integrative model that includes a person based and situation based pathway to analyze the determinants of politicians’ purposeful use of performance information and voice using data from 520 politicians populating the governing boards of 246 Flemish local authorities. Results indicate that both paths are relevant, but the person based pathway has the strongest impact.}},
  author       = {{Desmidt, Sebastian and Meyfroodt, Kenn}},
  booktitle    = {{Understanding the Inclusive Organization, AOM 2019, 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Proceedings}},
  keywords     = {{Performance information use,voice behavior,motivation,information processing,politicians}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  location     = {{Boston (MA.), USA}},
  pages        = {{33}},
  title        = {{Unlocking politicians’ potential : the motivational mechanisms underlying performance information use and voice behavior}},
  url          = {{https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.19570}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}