They're careerists, they also care about getting credit -- there's ego involvement, they want to be seen as important in shaping the outcome, or as important, if it's their druthers, to block an outcome.
这些决策人也是干事业的，他们关心自己的信誉 成就感是一个因素 他们希望别人把他们看成促成决策结果的重要人物 或者，成为阻碍决策结果的产生的重要人物。