More dynamic than you think: Hidden aspects of decision-making

dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Jennifer L.
dc.contributor.authorSinclair, Marta
dc.contributor.authorTobias, Jutta
dc.contributor.authorChoi, Ellen
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-30T15:44:24Z
dc.date.available2017-08-30T15:44:24Z
dc.date.issued2017-07-14
dc.description.abstractDecision-making is a multifaceted, socially constructed, human activity that is often non-rational and non-linear. Although the decision-making literature has begun to recognize the effect of affect on decisions, examining for example the contribution of bodily sensations to affect, it continues to treat the various processes involved in coming to a decision as compartmentalized and static. In this paper, we use five theories to contribute to our understanding of decision-making, and demonstrate that it is much more fluid, multi-layered and non-linear than previously acknowledged. Drawing on a group experience of deciding, we investigate the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and collective states that are at play. These states are shown to be iterative: each being reinforced or dampened in a complex interaction of thought, affect, social space and somatic sensations in a dynamic flux, whilst individuals try to coalesce on a decision. This empirical investigation contributes to theory, method and practice by suggesting that Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA) is a human condition. VUCA permeates and impacts decision-making in a multitude of ways, beyond researchers’ previous understanding. The innovation generated through this paper resides in a set of propositions that will accelerate progress in the theory, method, and practice of decision-making.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationRobinson J, Sinclair, M, Tobias J, Choi E, More dynamic than you think: Hidden aspects of decision-making, Administrative Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3, Article number 23, pp. 1-29en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2076-3387
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/admsci7030023
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12408
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherMDPIen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectNon-rationalen_UK
dc.subjectDecision-makingen_UK
dc.subjectIntuitionen_UK
dc.subjectMindfulnessen_UK
dc.subjectWisdomen_UK
dc.subjectOrganizational spaceen_UK
dc.subjectSocial improvisingen_UK
dc.titleMore dynamic than you think: Hidden aspects of decision-makingen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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