The relationship between cognitive style and commitment to the strategic planning in public organizations

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to investigate a compilation model of employee individual characteristics towards plan commitment in public organizations. To achieve this, we propose a novel conceptual model that explains the relationship between cognitive style and commitment to strategic planning on Jordan ministry of interior. We then investigate the mediation role of the user acceptance model for both perceived ease of use and usefulness of the strategic planning process among the study variables. Data were collected from 365 employees and senior management at the ministry of interior of Jordan. Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling (SEM). Our results show that there was a significant relationship between cognitive style and user acceptance model alongside a commitment to strategic planning. In addition, our results show that the perceived usefulness of the strategic planning process mediated the positive relationship between cognitive style and plan commitment.