Decision-making Styles Research Articles

The impact of entrepreneurs’ decision-making style on SMEs’ financial performance

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the impact of entrepreneurs’ decision-making styles on enterprise performance and suggests several entrepreneurial ecosystems – factors are impacting this relationship. The authors extend this line of work by examining how regional entrepreneurial culture, educational institutional support and business and social networks mediating the relationship between entrepreneurs’ decision-making style and small medium enterprises (SME)s’ financial performance.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected through an e-survey of SME owners in New South Wales, Australia. This study developed a model combining a set of entrepreneurial ecosystem factors, entrepreneurs’ decision-making styles and SMEs’ financial performance. Data were analysed using partial least square structural equation modelling.FindingsThe results suggest regional entrepreneurial culture, educational institutional support and business and social networks mediate the relationship between entrepreneurs’ decision-making style and SMEs’ financial performance. Hence, this study developed a more complete methodical understanding of entrepreneurs’ decision-making styles and their impact on SMEs’ financial performance. This study provides deeper insights into the conditions and processes by which an entrepreneurs’ decision-making style impacts SMEs’ financial performance.Originality/valueThe focus of this study was to understand the relationship of entrepreneurs’ decision-making styles on SMEs’ financial performance. The authors identified that the entrepreneurs’ decision-making style positively impacts SMEs’ financial performance. This study augments the body of knowledge by proposing ways in how the entrepreneurs’ decision-making style can be more strengthened.

Family Functioning and Risky Behaviors Among Female Adolescents: Mediating Role of Emotion Dysregulation and Decision-Making Styles

Family Functioning and Risky Behaviors Among Female Adolescents: Mediating Role of Emotion Dysregulation and Decision-Making Styles

A study on effects of system thinking and decision-making styles over entrepreneurship skills

Entrepreneurship has an uncertain environment requiring several abilities to achieve the goal. The article explores the effects of individuals’ system thinking level, decision-making styles and family background on their entrepreneurial skills. In the study relational screening model is used as a research method. The sample group of the study consists of 65 students of the 4th grade students of a private university in Istanbul, Turkey in 2019. Three questionnaires have been applied and descriptive statistics and all the other tests have been conducted by using SPSS 26 to examine the extent of involvement, significance, direction and degree of the relationships. The results show that there is a positive moderate significant (r = 0.542) relationship between individuals’ entrepreneurship skill and system thinking level. Also a positive low level relationship (r = 0.374 p <0.05) has been detected between entrepreneurship skills and vigilance type of decision-making style. Negative low level of relationships (r = -0.123 and r = -0.244, p <0.05) among entrepreneurship skills, hypervigilance and procrastination types of decision-making styles. Moreover, no significant relationship has been found among entrepreneurship skills, parental education/job status and entrepreneurship experience/history in the family supporting the idea that entrepreneurship is a learnable skill rather than an innate skill.

The Relationship between Parenting Style and Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy in Undergraduates: Mediating Effect of Work Values

Objective To explore the characteristics of parenting style, work values and career
 decision making self-efficacy in undergraduates and analyze the relationship among the above
 3 variables. Method: Eight hundred and forty-nine undergraduates were selected by stratified
 random sampling from 7 universities in Guangdong province. Short-Form Egna Minnen av
 Barndoms Uppfostran (s-EMBU), Work Values Scale for College Students (WVS) and
 Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy Scale (CDMSES) were administred to them.
 Results: ⑴ The score of parental control was at a low level; The scores of parental care, social
 promotion, ease and stability, salary and reputation, benifits and welfare, total scores and five
 dimensions of CDMSES belong to the medium level; The scores of the other 6 dimensions of
 WVS belong to high scores. ⑵ Purposeful values play a partial mediating role in the
 relationship between parental care and career decision making self-efficacy, and the mediating
 effect accounts for 33.9% of the total effect; Instrumental values play a partial mediating role in
 the relationship between parental care and career decision making self-efficacy, with the mediating
 effect accounting for 11.1% of the total effect; Work values play a partial mediating role in the
 relationship between parental care and career decision making self-efficacy, and the mediating
 effect accounts for 30.4% of the total effect. Conclusion: Parental care can not only directly
 predict college students' career decision making self-efficacy, but also indirectly affect it through
 work values.

Consumer Values Shifting in Cross Generation Javanese Consumers in Indonesia: Do Young Consumers Still Uphold Local Wisdom?

This study aims to examine local wisdom of consumer values, and classify and compare consumer values between or across generations of Javanese Baby Boomers, X, Y, and Z. The study employed a mixed-method approach. The data were gathered by conducting in-depth interviews with four Javanese families, and online surveys. All respondents were Javanese consumers, with 103 from Generation Z, 154 from Generation Y, 257 from Generation X, and 17 from Baby Boomers. The total respondents were 531 persons. Data analysis was performed using the one-sample t-test, factor analysis, ANOVA, and the Kruskal-Wallis test. The shift in consumption values did not occur in the Baby Boomer, nor in the X, Y, and Z generations. Most values of Javanese consumers are thriving and are still being held by all generations. The shifting values are about ambition, patience, social recognition, ngalah [to yield or to succumb], ethok-ethok [having an indirect opinion or pretending]. This study provides follow-up implications for further research to link consumer values with other aspects of consumers such as national culture, consumer decision-making style, entrepreneurship, and other socioeconomic aspects.

How classical and entrepreneurial brand management increases the performance of internationalising SMEs?

Research is limited on how accumulated international experience and decision-making style propel internationalising SMEs toward brand orientation. Our study builds a model of the process on classical and entrepreneurial brand management principles plus the firm's applied experience and decision-making logics. An online survey of 235 internationalising SMEs found that adopted decision-making logic mediated the relationship between cumulative international experience and international brand orientation. We conclude that managers and planners must select the most appropriate approach to international brand management permitted by available international firm-specific experience if they are to achieve strong international brand orientation and superior financial performance.

Design Phase of Gamification Framework for Hazard Identification Training in Construction Industry

Game has been proven an effective approach tool to improve learning and has become a new tool for training delivery. The development of the gamification framework involves integrating design processes which are input, process, and output. The design phase is considered essential to guide the flow of the gamification framework. It offers a safer, interactive, and entertaining learning environment for construction-related workers. This paper aims to report on the approach to design a gamification framework for hazard identification training in Construction using Garris's Input-Process-Outcome game model as the basis. It focuses on the three main design elements: instructional design, game characteristic, and user characteristic. The study outlines two objectives: (1) to identify the game's attributes and Gagne's Nine Events Instructional Methods Design which supports effective learning, and (2) to determine the user's characteristics of self-directed learning. This study focused on designing the Design phase, which consists of three main elements, i.e. instructional design, game characteristics and user characteristics. Mixed methods were used to extract the attributes and elements of the Design phase. Content analysis was carried out to determine the model of instructional design and game attributes. The findings show 12 attributes of the game through content analysis methods. Gagne's Nine Events Instructional Methods Design can support effective learning. Meanwhile, a questionnaire survey was subsequently administered to determine the user's ability to self-directed learning and decision-making style, where 319 construction-related workers responded. Data were analysed using mean comparison. The results showed that construction-related workers belong to the independent learners' category and are inclined to 'vigilant' and 'brooding' types of decision-making style. Findings confirmed that construction-related workers belong to the independent learners' category and are inclined to 'vigilant' and 'brooding' types of decision-making style. Following the aim of this paper, these findings were incorporated into the design phase of the game framework.

Strategic entrepreneurship practices and performance of small and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria

The paper examines strategic entrepreneurship practices and performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria’s hospitality industry. The necessity of this study is due to strategic entrepreneurship practices and the performance of SMEs in Nigeria’s hospitality industry is being critical for providing a solution as to how entrepreneurs can exploit and explore the business environment and remain competitive. The purpose of the paper was to examine the relationship between strategic resource management and the quality of SMEs services/products, as well as ascertain the relationship between entrepreneurial innovation and increased sales volume of SMEs in Nigeria’s hospitality industry. A survey design was used as a questionnaire instrument and had been constructed and issued among 400 sampled respondents drawn from 1,294 employees from selected SMEs of the Nigerian hospitality industry, 365 respondents were filled and retrieved. This represents 91.25% of the total sample administered. The multiple linear regression techniques were used to test the research hypotheses. The results showed that strategic resource management and entrepreneurship innovation have a significant influence on the performance of SMEs in Nigeria. The result also showed that strategic resource management enhanced performance of SMEs in Nigeria and entrepreneurship innovation supports creativity of organizational performance. Therefore, managers should progressively incorporate new decision-making styles, processes, and behavior that will place a firm in a competitive and advantageous position during penetration into a new market. AcknowledgmentsWe express our gratitude to anonymous reviewers, the Journal editor, and all the authors whose works were used in one way or the other in this paper. We thank Mrs. Comfort Innocent Okoi for her untiring effort in type-setting and editing work. Our gratitude goes to the management of selected supermarkets, eateries/fastfood, hotels, and stores in Nigeria for approving prompt responses to our questionnaire instruments on strategic entrepreneurship practices and the performance of small and medium enterprises in Nigeria.

Exploring the relationship between personality, decision-making styles, and problematic smartphone use

Exploring the relationship between personality, decision-making styles, and problematic smartphone use

A machine learning approach to identifying decision-making styles for managing customer relationships

A machine learning approach to identifying decision-making styles for managing customer relationships

WIDOWER’S AGE AND NUMBER OF CHILDREN AFFECT PARENTING STYLE AND REMARRIAGE DECISION

Highlight:1. The widow will outsource childcare to other people, such as the widow's mother, stepmother, aunt, or other relatives who believe they know more about childcare after the wife's death.3. There was a significant relationship between widower’s age and the number of children affecting parenting style and remarriage decision.Abstract:Background: The high maternal mortality ratio automatically represents the highest number of widowers in Indonesia. The change of status from a husband to a widower does not rule out the possibility of being able to change his role and function in the family. Objective: To describe that the widower’s age and the number of children have an impact on the parenting style and the desire to remarry. Materials and Methods: This study was an observational study with a cross-sectional design. Husbands who had been left by their wives for two years or more owing to maternal death and had one or more children before the wife's maternal death were the subjects of this study. Widower’s age, as well as kid’s parenting patterns before the death of the mother were recorded. This study was likewise subjected to an ethics review and relied on informed consent. Results: Widowers who had one child before their wife's death and decided to remarry accounted for 7 subjects (87.5%), while those who did not remarry accounted for 5 (31.3%). On the association between a widower’s age and child-rearing practices, there were two respondents (40%) who chose to entrust their children’s care to someone else or not to be cared by themselves. Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between widower’s age and the number of children and the parenting style and remarriage decision. Single parents who decided to remarry were single parents at a relatively younger age.

Relation between decision-making styles among head nurses and their personality traits

Background Decision-making styles differ from one head nurse to another one based on several factors and a variety of personality traits that collaboratively affect the proficiency of the decision. Aim This study aimed to assess the relation between decision-making styles among head nurses and their personality traits. Design A descriptive correlational research design was used in carrying out the current study. Setting This study was conducted at nine hospitals affiliated to the Ministry of Health at Beni-Suef governorate and included six central hospitals and three specialty hospitals. Patients A purposive sample of 137 head nurses was included as a study sample. Data-collection tools Three tools were used to carry out this study, namely (a) factors affecting decision-making questionnaire, (b) general decision-making style inventory, and (c) personality-trait questionnaire. Results The mean age of the study sample was 35.2±6.8. Majority (90.5%) of the head nurses had a low level of rational style, the highest mean was regarding psychoticism neuroticism trait (21.41±0.86). There was a statistically significant correlation between intuitive decision-making style of head nurses and their neuroticism traits. There was a statistically significant correlation between dependent decision-making style of head nurses and their psychoticism and lie traits. Conclusion There was a highly statistically significant correlation between spontaneous decision-making style of head nurses and their extraversion and neuroticism traits. Also, there was a highly statistically significant correlation between intuitive decision-making style of head nurses and their psychoticism trait. Recommendations Periodic training and evaluation of head nurses on decision-making skills and giving more attention for personality traits of head nurses and their effect on decision-making.

Clinical decision-making style preferences of European psychiatrists: Results from the Ambassadors survey in 38 countries.

While shared clinical decision-making (SDM) is the preferred approach to decision-making in mental health care, its implementation in everyday clinical practice is still insufficient. The European Psychiatric Association undertook a study aiming to gather data on the clinical decision-making style preferences of psychiatrists working in Europe. We conducted a cross-sectional online survey involving a sample of 751 psychiatrists and psychiatry specialist trainees from 38 European countries in 2021, using the Clinical Decision-Making Style - Staff questionnaire and a set of questions regarding clinicians' expertise, training, and practice. SDM was the preferred decision-making style across all European regions ([central and eastern Europe, CEE], northern and western Europe [NWE], and southern Europe [SE]), with an average of 73% of clinical decisions being rated as SDM. However, we found significant differences in non-SDM decision-making styles: participants working in NWE countries more often prefer shared and active decision-making styles rather than passive styles when compared to other European regions, especially to the CEE. Additionally, psychiatry specialist trainees (compared to psychiatrists), those working mainly with outpatients (compared to those working mainly with inpatients) and those working in community mental health services/public services (compared to mixed and private settings) have a significantly lower preference for passive decision-making style. The preferences for SDM styles among European psychiatrists are generally similar. However, the identified differences in the preferences for non-SDM styles across the regions call for more dialogue and educational efforts to harmonize practice across Europe.

A data-driven approach to assessing and analysing contributing factors to the severity of road accident injuries based on decision-making styles

Road accidents are among the important challenges that all communities face. Fatal road accidents are closely related to the severity of the collision, which is affected by a variety of factors, including human error, road conditions and weather conditions. Individual errors are a significant cause of accidents, which are influenced by an individual's behavioural characteristics. Behavioural factors are developed by an individual's decision-making style. One of the innovative aspects of this study is the inclusion of drivers' decision-making styles in analysing the causes of accidents with severe injuries. Additionally, this study will determine the primary factors that contribute to the severity of injury utilising principal factor analysis and correlation matrix approaches. Our results show that flexible and hierarchical decision-making styles are the dominant styles in all groups. Non-observance of safe distance, vehicle defects, and bad weather are the three foremost factors affecting the severity of injuries. Human factors with nearly 60% importance, is the most important group of features in determining injury severity. Furthermore, the features of not wearing a seat belt, using a mobile phone while driving, and not observing a safe distance have the most positive alignment with injury, respectively.

Decision-making Styles and Job Security among Nurses Working at Public Hospitals in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-sectional Multicentre Study

Introduction: Decision-making and job security have been linked to increased motivation and productivity in nursing. However, research on these variables in the Saudi context is limited. Aim: To examine the association between decision-making styles and job security among nurses working at public hospitals in Saudi Arabia. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional, multicentre study was conducted on a convenience sample of 295 nurses working at four public hospitals in Saudi Arabia from March to June of 2021. Data were collected through an online self-administered survey. The Nurse decision-making instrument was used to measure decision-making style. Job security scale was utilised to measure job security among nurses. An independent sample t-test, Pearson’s coefficient correlation, one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and multiple linear regression analyses were conducted using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Results: Nurses reported intuitive decision-making (Mean=87.85, SD=21.08) and a moderate level in job security (Mean=20.93, SD=7.48). A significant difference was found between average income level and job security (p-value<0.05). Decision-making style was also significantly and positively associated with job security (r=0.450, p<0.05). In a multivariate analysis, income level (β=0.182, p<0.05) and decision-making style (β=0.436, p<0.05) were predictors of job security. Conclusion: Decision making style was found associated with job security. Improved patient care outcomes require excellent nurse decision-making.

Doğal Karar Verme Mekanizmaları: Çocuk Hizmetleri Profesyonellerinin Deneyim ve Kişilik Özellikleri Üzerine Özgün Araştırma

Objective: The focus on decision making research has moved from rational decision-making processes to naturalistic decision making since it investigates how people make decisions in real life settings. For field professionals working with children, it is often very difficult to use rational decision-making styles due to the ever-changing social world and interactions, rather than the physical world. For this reason, decision making styles of field professionals working with children have been explored. Also it was inteded to provide an insight about factors such as empathy, anxiety and stress that might affect decision making styles. Material and Methods: One hundred eighty-eight field professionals working with children and adolescents were recruited for the study. Participants read scenarios and filled out forms to determine their decision-making styles and personality traits. Results: The findings revealed that participants employing rational decision-making styles have higher accuracy in scenarios and experience levels in terms of years significantly affects the accuracy. In terms of personality traits empathy has an effect on both rational and naturalistic decision-making styles. Conclusion: Naturalistic decision-making abilities of individuals are due to situations that are recognized by them in accordance with the literature. These abilities lead individuals to recognize schemas and patterns and also to perform mental simulations. It can be concluded that the pattern recognition partly constitutes intuitiveness, while mental simulations constitute the rational part.

Culture as an effective frame of reference in clinical decision-making: A comparison of Iranian, American, and Canadian psychotherapists.

The therapeutic communication between psychotherapist and client is highly dependent on their socio-cultural background. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of culture on decision-making style of psychotherapists in three dimensions of decision-making: expedience vs. realism, individualism vs. collectivism, and long-term orientation vs. short-term orientation. The sample of this study consisted of 144 psychotherapists (40 Iranians educated in Iran, 33 Iranians educated in the west, 36 Americans, and 35 Canadians). Each of the participants were presented with three scenario that involved clinical challenging situations. For each area of decision-making a statement was considered and the psychotherapist was requested to rate them based on importance in his/her clinical decision-making. Findings indicated that the groups differed significantly on all dimensions with few exceptions when American and Canadian psychotherapists were compared. The decision-making style of Iranian psychotherapists was more with expediency, collectivism and long-term orientation, while the decision-making style of American and Canadian psychotherapists was more with realism, individualism, and short-term orientation. According to the results of current study, socio-cultural background of psychotherapists, as a frame of reference, significantly influenced their clinical decision-making style.

People's Post-Disaster Decisions and Their Relations with Personality Traits and Decision-Making Styles: The Choice of Travel Mode and Healthcare Destination

People's Post-Disaster Decisions and Their Relations with Personality Traits and Decision-Making Styles: The Choice of Travel Mode and Healthcare Destination

Analyzing the Relationship Between Empathic Tendencies, Decision-Making Styles and Communication Skills of Faculty of Sport Sciences Students

Analyzing the Relationship Between Empathic Tendencies, Decision-Making Styles and Communication Skills of Faculty of Sport Sciences Students

A data-driven approach to assessing and analysing contributing factors to the severity of road accident injuries based on decision-making styles

A data-driven approach to assessing and analysing contributing factors to the severity of road accident injuries based on decision-making styles