Opportunism and Opportunity Cost as Antecedents of Participatory Behavior

Junesoo Lee, Heung-Suk Choi and Seungjoo Han
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Junesoo Lee: Associate Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management, 263 Namsejong-ro, Sejong, Republic of Korea
Heung-Suk Choi: Professor, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Seungjoo Han: Associate Professor, Myongji University, 34 Geobukgol-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Annals of Social Sciences & Management studies, 2020, vol. 6, issue 1, 28-35

Abstract: Despite its positive impacts, public participation often begets a representativeness problem due to participants’ opportunism and opportunity cost. Using the survey on 2,000 citizens in South Korea, the research results show that: (1) citizens’ opportunism in terms of self-interest or freeriding may significantly influence their participatory behaviors and (2) citizens’ opportunity costs may act as a mediating factor, i.e., a higher opportunity cost lessens the impact of opportunism on participation. The findings imply that a desirably represented citizen participation can be supported by considering and mobilizing (not manipulating) citizens’ sense of opportunism and opportunity cost.

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Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.19080/ASM.2020.06.555679

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