Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Few studies have examined the relations between decision-making styles and decision-making quality.This study takes one approach to investigating these relations by exploring the usefulness of decision-making styles as predictors of peer-rated good decision making.Five decision-making styles (Scott & Bruce, 1995) were examined as predictors of dimensions of decision-making quality, which included reason-based, values-based, and creative decision making (Dane & Pratt, 2009), as well as general decision-making quality.Results demonstrated that self-reported rational decisionmaking style was positively related to peer-rated decision-making quality.Additionally, self-reported avoidant and spontaneous decision-making styles were negatively related to peer-rated decision-making quality.The results also suggest that decision-making styles may be able to predict variance in decision-making quality above that accounted for by the Big Five traits.Thus, these findings suggest that decision-making styles appear to be valuable for predicting decision-making quality.In particular, a rational, logical decisionmaking process appears to result in positive outcomes, whereas avoiding making decisions and making spontaneous decisions has negative outcomes.
Author: Nicole L. Wood
Institution: Bowling Green State University
Language: English
Subfield: General Decision Sciences
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2245336698