Cognitive styles, user acceptance and commitment to strategic plans in public organizations: an empirical analysis
基于439名规划团队成员的数据，研究发现具有创造型和计划型认知风格的成员更可能因认可战略规划的有用性而对其做出承诺。
Given the lack of insights into the micro-determinants of strategic planning (SP) in public organizations, this study uses information-processing theory and self-efficacy theory to investigate individual-level predictors of commitment to strategic plans among planning team members (PTMs). Specifically, we investigate whether plan commitment is contingent upon the fit between PTMs’ preferred way of information-processing (i.e. their cognitive style) and the information-processing characteristics underlying SP processes in public organizations. Based on data gathered with 439 PTMs from 203 Flemish municipalities, we find that PTMs with a creating and planning style are committed to strategic plans because they deem SP useful.