<s>
The	O
Theory	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
Motivated	I-General_Concept
Information	I-General_Concept
Management	I-General_Concept
(	O
TMIM	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
social-psychological	O
framework	O
that	O
examines	O
the	O
relationship	O
between	O
information	B-Application
management	I-Application
and	O
uncertainty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
TMIM	O
distinguishes	O
itself	O
from	O
other	O
information-seeking	O
theories	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
attribute	O
the	O
motivation	O
of	O
information	O
seeking	O
to	O
a	O
desire	O
for	O
uncertainty	O
reduction	O
;	O
rather	O
,	O
the	O
catalyst	O
of	O
information	B-Application
management	I-Application
in	O
TMIM	O
lies	O
in	O
the	O
discrepancy	O
between	O
actual	O
and	O
desired	O
uncertainty.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
TMIM	O
was	O
first	O
proposed	O
in	O
2004	O
by	O
Walid	O
Afifi	O
and	O
Judith	O
Weiner	O
through	O
their	O
article	O
,	O
“	O
Toward	O
a	O
Theory	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
Motivated	I-General_Concept
Information	I-General_Concept
Management	I-General_Concept
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TMIM	O
was	O
developed	O
to	O
account	O
for	O
a	O
person	O
's	O
‘	O
active’	O
information	B-Application
management	I-Application
efforts	O
in	O
interpersonal	O
communication	O
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	O
shares	O
close	O
ties	O
to	O
Brashers	O
 '	O
uncertainty	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
theory	I-General_Concept
,	O
Babrow	O
's	O
problematic	O
integration	O
theory	O
,	O
Johnson	O
&	O
Meischkes	O
 '	O
comprehensive	O
model	O
of	O
information	O
seeking	O
(	O
CMIS	O
)	O
and	O
Bandura	O
's	O
social	O
cognitive	O
theory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TMIM	O
's	O
image	O
of	O
information	B-Application
managers	I-Application
is	O
consistent	O
with	O
these	O
findings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
all	O
these	O
cases	O
,	O
the	O
theory	O
has	O
provided	O
generally	O
favorable	O
results	O
about	O
its	O
utility	O
to	O
predict	O
individuals	O
 '	O
information	B-Application
management	I-Application
decisions	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
experienced	O
some	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
