The effectiveness of mission statements: An explorative analysis from a communication perspective
(2009)- abstract
- Convinced that it will improve their performance, the majority of public and non-profit organizations has developed a formal mission statement. However, despite its popularity, the assumed mission statement-performance hypothesis seems to be barely analyzed nor tested (Weiss & Piderit, 1999). We addressed this issue by empirically examining the effectiveness of mission statements from an intra-organizational communication perspective and tested a theoretical rationale explaining the mission statement-performance hypothesis. The study results indicated that mission statements stimulate organizational members to engage in information conveyance and convergence processes, which prove to be positively related with the level of mission motivation. Higher levels of mission motivation, in turn, are assumed to be related with higher organizational performance.
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http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-898592
- author
- Sebastian Desmidt UGent and Anita Prinzie
- organization
- year
- 2009
- type
- conference
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keyword
- public organizations, communication effectiveness, Mission statement
- editor
- George Solomon
- pages
- 39 pages
- place of publication
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2009
- conference name
- 2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting
- conference location
- Chicago, Illinios, U.S.A
- conference start
- 2009-08-07
- conference end
- 2009-08-11
- language
- English
- UGent publication?
- yes
- classification
- C1
- id
- 898592
- handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-898592
- date created
- 2010-03-09 09:38:52
- date last changed
- 2017-01-02 09:52:44
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abstract = {Convinced that it will improve their performance, the majority of public and non-profit organizations has developed a formal mission statement. However, despite its popularity, the assumed mission statement-performance hypothesis seems to be barely analyzed nor tested (Weiss \& Piderit, 1999). We addressed this issue by empirically examining the effectiveness of mission statements from an intra-organizational communication perspective and tested a theoretical rationale explaining the mission statement-performance hypothesis. The study results indicated that mission statements stimulate organizational members to engage in information conveyance and convergence processes, which prove to be positively related with the level of mission motivation. Higher levels of mission motivation, in turn, are assumed to be related with higher organizational performance.},
author = {Desmidt, Sebastian and Prinzie, Anita},
editor = {Solomon, George},
keyword = {public organizations,communication effectiveness,Mission statement},
language = {eng},
location = {Chicago, Illinios, U.S.A},
pages = {39},
title = {The effectiveness of mission statements: An explorative analysis from a communication perspective},
year = {2009},
}
- Chicago
- Desmidt, Sebastian, and Anita Prinzie. 2009. “The Effectiveness of Mission Statements: An Explorative Analysis from a Communication Perspective.” In , ed. George Solomon. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2009.
- APA
- Desmidt, S., & Prinzie, A. (2009). The effectiveness of mission statements: An explorative analysis from a communication perspective. In G. Solomon (Ed.), . Presented at the 2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2009.
- Vancouver
- 1.Desmidt S, Prinzie A. The effectiveness of mission statements: An explorative analysis from a communication perspective. In: Solomon G, editor. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2009; 2009.
- MLA
- Desmidt, Sebastian, and Anita Prinzie. “The Effectiveness of Mission Statements: An Explorative Analysis from a Communication Perspective.” Ed. George Solomon. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2009, 2009. Print.