Management And Labor Relations
Title
Image Compatibility and the Use of Problem Space Information in Resource-Allocation Decisions - Testing a Moderating Effects Model
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1995
Publication Title
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Abstract
A model introducing image compatibility as a moderator of information use is proposed and tested with data from a laboratory study involving 96 masters-level business students. Findings indicate that the use of problem space information to guide resource allocation decisions varies with perceptions of image compatibility. When image compatibility is high, information use declines; when compatibility is low, information use increases. These results suggest that Image Theory (Beach, 1990; Beach & Mitchell, 1990), and image compatibility in particular, may be useful as a means for understanding and predicting variation in the use of information in decision-making episodes.
Repository Citation
Dunegan, Kenneth J., "Image Compatibility and the Use of Problem Space Information in Resource-Allocation Decisions - Testing a Moderating Effects Model" (1995). Management And Labor Relations. 7.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/busman_lab_facpub/7
Original Citation
Dunegan, K. J. ., Duchon, D. ., , & Ashmos, D. . (1995). Image Compatibility and the Use of Problem Space Information in Resource Allocation Decisions: Testing a Moderating Effects Model. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 64(1), 31 - 37.
DOI
10.1006/obhd.1995.1087
Volume
64
Issue
1
