Examining Decision Motivations of Project Acceptance Decision Makers: A Qualitative Study

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the relationship between a decision maker’s motivation and the decision maker’s decision to execute a geospatial data development effort in cases where ambiguity surrounds the pre-existence of the data to be developed. The problem being that the r...

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Main Author Collins, Timothy J
Format Dissertation
LanguageEnglish
Published ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 01.01.2016
Subjects
Ambiguity
Attitudes
Case studies
Decision making
Decision theory
Expected values
Game theory
Geographic information science
Government agencies
Ignorance
Interviews
Literature reviews
Management
Management decisions
Motivation
Probability
Psychology
Qualitative research
Rationality
Research methodology
Spatial data
Technology Acceptance Model
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Summary:The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the relationship between a decision maker’s motivation and the decision maker’s decision to execute a geospatial data development effort in cases where ambiguity surrounds the pre-existence of the data to be developed. The problem being that the relationship between a decision maker’s motivation and their decision to accept a geospatial data development effort, where ambiguity surrounds the pre-existence of the data, is currently not well understood. The purpose and problem were addressed through a qualitative, multiple case study research design, which utilized interviews with nine decision makers from the United States geospatial data development industry, who had decided to accept a project over the previous year. The interviews were transcribed and the transcriptions coded and analyzed to identify to emergent themes of the data. The results of the study revealed that decisions to execute a geospatial data development effort in cases where ambiguity surrounds the pre-existence of the data to be developed is likely made due to limited archival research resulting from extensive external influences to accept the project, specifically within the contractor demographic. Additionally, the motivation to accept a geospatial data development effort, where ambiguity surrounds the pre-existence of the data, is based primarily on job satisfaction and the desire for peer recognition. As a result of these findings, a recommendation is made that peer recognition be added to the motivation factors as they apply to digital age decision making.
ISBN:9781339777511
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