International journal of Contemporary Business Studies
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<strong>International</strong> Journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>Contemporary</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Studies</strong><br />
Vol: 3, No: 6. June, 2012 ISSN 2156-7506<br />
Available online at http://www.akpinsight.webs.com<br />
Table 7. Regression analysis results<br />
Panel : Direct relationship between Budgetary Participation and Organizational Performance<br />
Variables Coefficient Standard error t-Value P<br />
Constant 0.064 0.124 0.518 0.606<br />
Budgetary<br />
participation (X1)<br />
0.012 0.090 0.138 0.891<br />
Adjusted R 2 = 0.23<br />
Panel B: Moderate effect <strong>of</strong> Intensity <strong>of</strong> competitiveness in the relation Budgetary participation<br />
(composite score) and Organizational performance<br />
Constant 0.178 0.195 1.87 0.004<br />
Budgetary 0.089 0.781 0.13 0.891<br />
participation (X1)<br />
Intensity <strong>of</strong> market 0.961 1.233 1.02 0.446<br />
competition (X2)<br />
X1*X2 0.345 1.089 1.764 0.063<br />
Adjusted R 2 = 0.140<br />
Panel C: Performance on the “involvement dimension” <strong>of</strong> budgetary participation and intensity<br />
<strong>of</strong> market competition<br />
Constant 0.085 0.028 0.71 0.481<br />
Involvement<br />
dimension <strong>of</strong><br />
Budgetary<br />
Participation (X1)<br />
0.130 0.120 1.08 0.283<br />
Intensity <strong>of</strong> market 0.256 0.107 1.28 0.297<br />
competition (X2)<br />
X1*X2 0.351 0.189 3.29 0.002<br />
Adjusted R 2 = 0.151<br />
Panel D: performance on the “influence dimension” <strong>of</strong> budgetary participation and intensity <strong>of</strong><br />
market competition<br />
Constant 0.063 0.042 0.98 0.561<br />
Influence Dimension<br />
<strong>of</strong> Budgetary<br />
participation (X1)<br />
Intensity <strong>of</strong> market<br />
competition (X2)<br />
0.076 0.945 1.23 0.117<br />
1.056 1.129 1.56 0.109<br />
X1*X2 1.349 1.267 1.08 0.179<br />
Adjusted R 2 = 0.102<br />
4.2.2. Effect <strong>of</strong> budgetary participation on organizational performance through the<br />
intensity <strong>of</strong> market competition: the moderate effect<br />
Panel B in Table 7 shows a regression coefficient α is 0.345; it is positive and significant (at 10%<br />
level). This result confirms the first hypothesis and show that organizational performance is<br />
influenced by the budgetary participation (composite score 2 ) in a context <strong>of</strong> high level <strong>of</strong><br />
2 In this regression, we use the composite score <strong>of</strong> the Budgetary Participation (only one factor)<br />
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