Efecto del locus de control en la relación entre participación presupuestaria y rendimiento: un estudio experimental
Open Access
- 1 January 2017
- journal article
- Published by Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia in Revista de Contabilidad
- Vol. 20 (1), 73-81
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsar.2016.07.001
Abstract
ResumenCada vez más organizaciones involucran a su personal en los procesos presupuestarios bajo la premisa de que una mayor participación mejorará la consecución de las metas presupuestarias. Sin embargo, la participación no siempre conduce a mejoras en el rendimiento, ya que las características de personalidad hacen que los individuos reaccionen de forma diferente ante situaciones presupuestarias similares. En este trabajo se estudia el papel de la característica de personalidad locus de control en la relación participación presupuestaria-rendimiento mediante un experimento de laboratorio con 115 estudiantes de grado. Los resultados confirman que el locus de control influye en los efectos de la participación presupuestaria sobre la eficiencia de los individuos. Nuestros resultados revelan, también, que individuos con locus de control externo alcanzan menores rendimientos que los sujetos con locus de control interno en entornos participativos, pero no obtienen rendimientos diferentes en función del entorno. Además, nuestros resultados muestran que solo para niveles bajos del locus de control (internos) una mayor participación se traduce en mayores rendimientos.AbstractMore and more organizations involve their staff in budget processes under the premise that more participation will enhance the achievement of budgetary goals. However, budgetary participation does not always lead to improvements of an individual's performance, since the personality characteristics make individuals react differently to similar budgetary positions. In this study, the role of the locus of control in the relationship between participation and performance is analyzed, by means of an experiment involving 115 undergraduates. The results confirm that the locus of control is a personality trait that influences the effects of budgetary participation on the efficiency of individuals. Our results also show that an individual with external locus of control is less productive than an individual with internal locus of control in participatory environments, but they do not reach different results depending on the environment. In addition, our results show that only for low levels of locus of control (internal) increased participation results in higher performanceKeywords
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