Sampling Research Article Debrief Memo Template

Use this template to create your debrief memo for the Week 2 summative assessment. Follow the bracketed instructions for each element of the template, and then delete the instructions before submitting.

Memo

To: Department heads in the supply corps of the United States Navy

From: Aaron Rodriguez

Subject: Managerial decision-making perceptions

Date: November 14,2024

Purpose

The purpose of this memo is to inform department head of the perception of their subordinates of decisions based on policies opposed to those based on a team of managers. This will help department heads be able to understand the perceptions of their subordinates as they make decisions which may effect morale.

Article Information

Title of article: The Apparent Locus of Managerial Decision Making and Perceptions of Fairness in Public Personnel Management.

Author(s): Stritch, Justin M.;Pedersen, Mogens Jin

Date of publication: September 2019

Journal title: Public Personal Management

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0091026018819017

Research Information

Research Question

How does the formal rule of policy guide personnel decisions? How does that affect employee perceptions of organizational decision making?

Groups Studied

1,090 adults residing in the United States spanning a wide array of socioeconomic statuses were presented with three experimental case vignettes. Data was collected on the MTurk platform.

Variables

The dependent variable was the perception of fairness. The perception of fairness is dependent on the individual who is making the decision and the scenario that they are given.

Description of the Sample

The mean and standard deviation of the sample in the first order of questioning (2.535, 1.37) second order of questioning (2.953,1.279) third order of questioning (3.893,1.237)

Background Information and Use of Statistics

The following section will highlight how employees feel about the fairness of decisions when made based on policies opposed to made by a team of managers.

Statistics Mentioned

There are 3 hypothesis in this article. The first is that a decision appearing to be made by a team of supervisors will be perceived as a more fair than a decision appears to be made by a single supervisor. The second is a decision appearing to be made on the basis of an organizational policy will be perceived more fair than if the same decision appears to be made by a single supervisor. The third hypothesis is that a decision appearing to be made on the basis of an organizational policy will be perceived as more fair than if the same decision appears to be made by a team of managers. The dependent variable in all three case vignettes is perception of fairness by the employee. Respondents were asked the extent of their disagreement or agreement on a 6-point scale. 1 for strongly disagree and 6 for strongly agree. The distribution of the data was fairly close together across all sampling groups however amongst different groups there were major differences. In regards to race white’s favored policies at 0.78 and minorities would favor policies under 0.1 across all levels. Amongst some high school education they favored policies at 0.01 with those with undergraduates at a mean of 0.43. Interestingly, as education went up from there the percentages went down. With some graduate degree at 0.05 and postgraduate degrees at 0.13.The overall standard deviation was close together as percentages were only 1 to 2 point difference across those of the same race or education level. However there was major differences across races and education levels. For example among white people were in favor of decisions made by policies by .78 while minorities favored policies at 0.1 or lower. Those with some high school or a high school diploma favored policies are 0.01 and 0.1 respectively with those with undergraduate degrees favoring policies at 0.43. After this as education went up the favorability went down The standard deviation had the same effect with undergraduates having a standard deviation of 0.5 some high schoolers at 0.09 and those with a post graduate degree at 0.34. Amongst all employees when decision were made based on a policy they favored it at 0.97 opposed to a team decision at 0.6.

Reference

Stritch, J. M., & Pedersen, M. J. (2019). The Apparent Locus of Managerial Decision Making and Perceptions of Fairness in Public Personnel Management. Public Personnel Management, 48(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/0091026018819017