Ja. Wagner et al., COGNITIVE AND MOTIVATIONAL FRAMEWORKS IN US RESEARCH ON PARTICIPATION- A METAANALYSIS OF PRIMARY EFFECTS, Journal of organizational behavior, 18(1), 1997, pp. 49-65
In this paper we classify 86 published studies of participation conduc
ted in the U.S. according to whether they are based on cognitive or mo
tivational conceptual frameworks, then conduct a meta-analysis of 124
correlation coefficients obtained from them to determine whether disti
nguishing between conceptual frameworks portends differences in the fi
ndings of U.S. research on the effects of participatory processes on p
erformance and satisfaction. Results reveal noticeable differences in
the findings of participation-satisfaction research, but also indicate
that these differences diminish substantially upon elimination of res
earch based on single-source self-reports. If interpreted as evidence
of percept-percept inflation, these findings are wholly consistent wit
h those of other recent analyses. If interpreted as evidence of the gr
eater accuracy of self-report measures of intra-psychic phenomena, the
y suggest that research on the relationship between participation and
satisfaction has been influenced by the conceptual frameworks used to
design studies and formulate conclusions. (C) 1997 by John Wiley & Son
s, Ltd.