Theory of Motivated Information Management Yusuf Yuksel Rutgers University Introduction Information Management is a key concept to understand our decisions in communication process. In everyday conversations, we make choices to disclosure or not and to seek information or not depending on a complex set of factors. In general, information management theories address these cognitive and behavioral factors related to information management process. Information management theories can be represented under two main categories. As illustrated in the ‘Theory of Motivated Information Management’ (Afifi & Weitzer, 2004), the first category focuses on the decisions for information seeking strategy assuming that you don’t have the information. The second category, as illustrated in the ‘Communication Boundary Management Perspective’ (Petronio, 1991) focuses on the strategic choices we make while disclosing information. In this sense, it puts more emphasis on the role of information provider. This paper aims to summarize a theory from the first category which is ‘Theory of Motivated Information Management (TMIM) ’. The Theory of Motivated Information Management Historically, many different factors have been suggested to understand our decisions on information seeking. Some scholars emphasized the difference of individuals in their attitudes towards uncertainty. While some individuals are motivated to reduce uncertainty about themselves, their friends, and environment, some individuals tend to ignore its presence (Afifi, Dillow & Morse, 2004). In these