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Self-Regulation Capacity and Decision Making of Slovak Managers in Routine Situations and in Situations with Possible Negative Outcomes

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: The study focuses on the relationship between self-regulation and decision making of Slovak managers in work-related situations involving routine circumstances and circumstances where inappropriate decision may lead to possible serious negative consequences.143 Slovak managers were asked to choose some work-related situation of decision making and to assess it on the scales provided (routine or not routine, with or without possible negative consequences).They were administered a Self-Regulation Scale (Schwarzer et al., 1999) and Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire (MDMQ) (Mann et al., 1997), adapted for the assessment of current decision making behavior.The results showed that self-regulation correlated positively with vigilant decision making and negatively with maladaptive decision making, such as buck-passing, hypervigilance, and procrastination.Moderation analysis revealed that situations with possible negative consequences weaken the relationship between self-regulation and both vigilance as well as maladaptive decision making.

Source: Studia Psychologica

DOI: 10.21909/sp.2017.02.737

Author: Peter Halama

Institutions: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Psychology of the Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Behavioral Health and Interventions

Subfield: Applied Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Agentúra na Podporu Výskumu a Vývoja

Award: Rozhodovanie profesionálov: Procesuálne, osobnostné a sociálne aspekty