EFFECTIVE DECISION-MAKING: THE ROLE OF COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY IN STRATEGIC DECISIONS

• Authors: Iederan Oana C. , Curseu Petru L. , Vermeulen Patrick
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The present study tests the mediating role of cognitive complexity in the relationship between a set of motivational attributes (self-efficacy SE, need for cognition NFC and tolerance for ambiguity TFA) and decision-making effectiveness. The model is tested using structural equation modelling in a sample of 59 Romanian entrepreneurs and the results support a partial mediation model. On the one hand, cognitive complexity partially mediates the relationship between self-efficacy and decision-making performance and on the other hand, cognitive complexity fully mediates the relationship between need for cognition and decision performance. The mediation hypothesis concerning tolerance for ambiguity is not supported.

Keywords

EN

AMBIGUITY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY; DECISION-MAKING; SELF-EFFICACY; STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 293-304
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Iederan Oana C.

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Curseu Petru L.

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Vermeulen Patrick

• Oana C. Iederan, Department of Psychology, 'Babes-Bolyai' University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; www.psychologia.sav.sk/sp/

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10SKAAAA07483