The usefulness of financial and nonfinancial performance information in resource allocation decisions |
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Institution: | 1. Univ. Grenoble Alpes, G-SCOP, F-38000 Grenoble, France;7. CNRS, G-SCOP, F-38000 Grenoble, France |
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Abstract: | In this article I evaluate the impact of adding nonfinancial performance information to reports containing financial information. I consider the association between nonfinancial information and the resource allocations and performance evaluations made by individuals involved with the governmental budget process. Tests indicated that the allocation decisions made by these individuals were not significantly associated with nonfinancial information. However, nonfinancial information was influential in the performance evaluations of both the agency and the agency's director. Although I found no association between nonfinancial information and resource allocations, I found an association between financial information and resource allocations. Additionally, financial information significantly impacted the performance evaluation of the agency director.An additional test of the importance of nonfinancial information in resource allocations involved resource scarcity. As discussed in the paper, I hypothesized that under scarcity nonfinancial information and financial information would become more important to the allocation process. My results indicated that nonfinancial information had no impact on allocation decisions made under scarcity. The association between financial information and resource allocations was opposite that predicted. |
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