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  • Organizational Psychology
  • Decision Science

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  • Maintaining trust is crucial, yet rigid adherence to prior commitments can conflict with organizational objectives.
  • A communication strategy is needed to balance trust-building with adaptive decision-making.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effectiveness of precommitment as a communication strategy for decision-makers.
  • To determine if precommitment enhances perceived trustworthiness when changing course.
  • To explore the conditions under which precommitment is most and least effective.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted four primary and five supplemental preregistered experiments with a total of 7,759 participants.
  • Varied decision-maker roles, observer relationships, and project contexts (consumer products, infrastructure).
  • Assessed perceived integrity and incentivized behavior, examining conditional vs. vague precommitments.

Main Results:

  • Precommitment significantly increased observer perceptions of decision-maker trustworthiness when de-escalating commitment.
  • This effect was consistent across different roles, relationships, and contexts.
  • Vague or non-conditional precommitments diminished these integrity benefits; initial precommitment could reduce follower confidence.

Conclusions:

  • Precommitment is an effective communication strategy for enhancing perceived integrity and aligning short-term reputational incentives with long-term organizational value.
  • The benefits are contingent on the specificity and conditionality of the pledge.
  • Decision-makers must consider potential negative impacts on follower motivation during project inception.