noninstrumental
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˌɪnstrəˈmɛntəl/
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no instrumental
- Although the speaker's comments were interesting, they were considered noninstrumental to the overall goal of the meeting.
- noninstrumental voice
Examples
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All of these thinkers insist that the rule of law system is noninstrumental or purposeless (see Macedo 1985).
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As a consequence, voice would be viewed as noninstrumental, and one would expect little impact on attitudes and behavior, with the exception of procedural justice.
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Earley and Lind (1987) found support for the noninstrumental voice effect.
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H2: The addition of noninstrumental voice to instrumental voice plus choice will increase perceptions of procedural justice, but other attitudes and performance will be unaffected.
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This hypothesis posited that perceptions of procedural justice would significantly decrease when noninstrumental voice was promised and that promise was subsequently violated.
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After the ten-minute performance period, subjects were promised that they would be given an opportunity to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the improved payroll screen (i.e., noninstrumental voice).
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The good news for IS developers and managers is that a judiciously chosen participation strategy implemented via instrumental voice, choice, and noninstrumental voice may enhance salient IS user attitudes and behavior when the solicitation for participation is genuine.
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H4: When participation expectations are violated, the addition of noninstrumental voice to instrumental voice plus choice will decrease perceptions of procedural justice, but other attitudes and performance will be unaffected.
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When noninstrumental voice was added to instrumental voice and choice, perceptions of procedural justice increased (decreased) with a corresponding confirmation (violation) of participation expectations, while perceived control, IS satisfaction, and task commitment were unchanged.
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According to the value-expressive perspective of procedural justice, noninstrumental voice should affect perceptions of procedural justice, but control-oriented variables, such as perceived influence over the decision outcome, outcome satisfaction, and task commitment, should not be influenced.
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Synonyms
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7.7
Not important and not likely to make a difference
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3.8
Not giving useful or wanted results
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4.1
Not serious or urgent and not part of a dangerous situation
Not needing payments from employees or not helping to cause something
Not done with a clear aim or useful reason
Not important for the main result
Not important or serious compared with other things
Not important and having little effect on events
Not important and does not affect the main point
Not solid, strong, or important
Not necessary for the main part of a plan, idea, or system
Not helpful and not meant to solve a problem
Not producing the intended result
Not useful or important
Antonyms
How Instrumental
Surface Forms
Morphology
noninstrumental = instrumental (transparent) = non + instrument + al
A standard negative prefix 'non-' is added to the adjective 'instrumental', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not instrumental'.
Etymology
The word noninstrumental breaks down simply: non- means 'not' and instrumental comes from instrument, which is 'a tool' or 'something used to do a job'. So noninstrumental means 'not a tool or means', that is, not helping to cause or decide the result.