Roles of instrumental and noninstrumental voice in members' reactions toward interorganizational committees
International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior
ISSN: 1093-4537
Article publication date: 1 March 2014
Issue publication date: 1 March 2014
Abstract
Interorganizational committees make decisions that apply to various organizations and their members are representatives of these organizations. This paper examines how interorganizational committee membersʼ perceptions of noninstrumental voice, instrumental voice, and decision outcome favorability are related to their committee identification, helping behavior, and perception of go-along-to-get-ahead political behavior. Questionnaire data from 197 Pennsylvania tax collection committee members were analyzed with regression. Of primary interest, perceived instrumental voice had a unique relationship with all three committeereferenced reactions, while perceived noninstrumental voice was not uniquely related to any of them. These results suggest that interorganizational committee members react to voice for instrumental reasons related to perceived influence over other members rather than noninstrumental reasons concerning their committee status.
Citation
Magner, N. and Staley, A.B. (2014), "Roles of instrumental and noninstrumental voice in members' reactions toward interorganizational committees", International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Vol. 17 No. 3, pp. 311-334. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-17-03-2014-B003
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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