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dc.contributor.authorGriffin, Mark
dc.contributor.authorGrote, Gudela
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-10T22:55:35Z
dc.date.available2020-03-10T22:55:35Z
dc.identifier.citationGriffin, M.A. and Grote, G. When is More Uncertainty Better? A Model of Uncertainty Regulation and Effectiveness. Academy of Management Review. 45 (4).
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78249
dc.identifier.doi10.5465/amr.2018.0271
dc.description.abstract

Across all fields of management research, uncertainty is largely considered an aversive state that people and organizations cope with unwillingly and generally aim to avoid. However, theories based on principles of uncertainty reduction overlook opportunities arising from uncertainty creation. Building on recent research in management, cognition and neuroscience, we expand current conceptualizations of uncertainty by introducing a model of uncertainty regulation where individuals employ opening and closing behaviors to achieve alignment between preferred and experienced levels of uncertainty and with exogenous requirements for effectiveness. We derive propositions for uncertainty regulation and work performance which extend existing concepts of adaptation in uncertain environments to include deliberate uncertainty creation and expansive agency. We discuss implications for dynamic models of agentic goal striving, organizational support for individuals’ uncertainty regulation, and extensions to team- and organization-level phenomena.

dc.titleWhen is More Uncertainty Better? A Model of Uncertainty Regulation and Effectiveness
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume0
dcterms.source.startPagenull
dcterms.source.endPagenull
dcterms.source.titleAcademy of Management Review
dc.date.updated2020-03-10T22:55:34Z
curtin.departmentFuture of Work Institute
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Business and Law
curtin.contributor.orcidGriffin, Mark [0000-0003-4326-7752]
curtin.contributor.researcheridGriffin, Mark [C-2440-2013] [H-9312-2014]
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curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridGriffin, Mark [7403310336]


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