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DECISION MAKING: SOCIAL AND CREATIVE DIMENSIONS DECISION MAKING: SOCIAL AND CREATIVE DIMENSIONS Edited by Carl Martin All wood Department of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden and Marcus Selart Unit for Advanced Studies in Psychology, School of Social Sciences, ViixjO University, Viixjo, Sweden SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V. A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-90-481-5671-9 ISBN 978-94-015-9827-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-015-9827-9 Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved © 2001 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2001 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2001 No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner. CONTENTS PART I INTRODUCTION 1. SOCIAL AND CREATIVE DECISION MAKING 3-11 CARL MARTIN ALLW OOD AND MARCUS SELART PART II BASIC AND GENERAL ISSUES 2. THE NATURE OF CREATIVE DECISION MAKING 15-33 KATYA G. STOYCHEVA AND TODD!. LUBART 3. TASK CREATIVITY AND SOCIAL CREATIVITY IN 35-51 DECISION-MAKING GROUPS HENK WILKE AND MARTY KAPLAN 4. THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL 53-88 OUTCOMES OF IMPLEMENTING A DELIBERATE PROCESS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CREATIVITY MIN BASADUR 5. DECISION MAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF ENVIRONMENTAL 89-111 RISKS HANS-RUEDIGER PFISTER AND GISELA BOHM PART III APPLIED AREAS A. PERSONAL LIFE 6. THE CREATION OF A REALIZABLE OPTION IN THE FACE OF 117-135 MARITAL DISTRESS: APPLICATION OF A PERSPECTIVE MODEL FOR DECISION MAKING ON DIVORCE HELENA WILLEN v vi CONTENTS 7. CONSTRUCTIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES BEFORE 137-151 AND AFTER A REAL-LIFE DECISION /LKKA SALO AND OLA SVENSON 8. CONTINGENT DECISION MAKING IN THE SOCIAL WORLD: 153-173 THE "MENTAL RULER" MODEL KAZUHISA TAKEMURA B. MANAGEMENT AND WORK ORGANISATION 9. CREATIVITY AND COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING IN THE 177-196 SOCIAL CONTEXT PETRA BADKE-SCHAUB AND CORNELIUS BUERSCHAPER 10. ON PRACTITIONERS' USAGE OF CREATIVITY HEURISTICS 197-210 IN THE DECISION PROCESS MARCUS SELART AND OLE BOE 11. MANAGERIAL BEHAVIOR AND DECISION MAKING; 211-238 PERSONAL AND SITUATIONAL FACTORS CLAARTJE J. VINKENBURG, PAULL. KOOPMAN AND PAUL. G. W. JANSEN 12. DISCIPLINE AND CREATIVE WORK- DESIGNING 239-257 NEXT YEAR'S CAR MODEL STEN JONSSON. ANDERS EDSTROM AND URBAN ASK 13. MANAGERS' STRATEGIC DECISION PROCESSES 259-280 IN LARGE ORGANIZATIONS. LISBETH HEDELIN AND CARL MARTIN ALLWOOD 14. MAKING EXPANSIVE DECISIONS: AN 281-301 ACTIVITY-THEORETICAL STUDY OF PRACTITIONERS BUILDING COLLABORATIVE MEDICAL CARE FOR CHILDREN YRJO ENGESTROM AUTHOR INDEX 303-314 SUBJECT INDEX 315-320 CONTRIBUTORS CARL MARTIN ALL WOOD DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, LUND UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN URBAN ASK GOTEBORG SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND COMMERCIAL LAW, SWEDEN PETRA BADKE-SCHAUB DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY. BAMBERG UNIVERSITY, GERMANY MINBASADUR MICHAEL G. DEGROOTE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, MCMASTER UNIVERSITY, CANADA OLEBOE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, GOTEBORG UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN CORNELIUS BUERSCHAPER DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, BAMBERG UNIVERSITY, GERMANY GISELABOHM DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY, LUDWIGSBURG UNIVERSITY, GERMANY ANDERS EDSTROM GOTEBORG SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND COMMERCIAL LAW, SWEDEN YRJb ENGESTROM UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, USA, AND ACADEMY OF FINLAND, FINLAND LISBETH HEDELIN DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, GOTEBORG UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN VII viii PAUL. G. W. JANSEN FACULTY OF ECONOMICS, FREE UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM, TilE NETHERLANDS STEN JONSSON GOTEBORG SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND COMMERCIAL LAW, SWEDEN MARTY KAPLAN DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, USA PAULL. KOOPMAN FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION (ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY), FREE UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS TODD I. LUBART LABORATOIRE COGNITION ET DEVELOPPEMENT CNRS, UNIVERSITE RENE DESCARTES (PARIS V), FRANCE HANS-RUEDIGER PFISTER GERMAN NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, GERMANY ILKKA SALO DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, LUND UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN MARCUS SELART UNIT FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN PSYCHOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, V AXJO UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN CONTRIBUTORS ix KATYA G. STOYCHEVA INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY, BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BULGARIA OLA SVENSON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, THE NETHERLANDS AND DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN KAZUHISA TAKEMURA INSTITUTE OF POLICY AND PLANNING SCIENCES, TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN CLAARTJE J. VINKENBURG DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, USA HENKWILKE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, LEIDEN UNIVERSITY, THE NETHERLANDS HELENA WILLEN THE NORDIC SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, SWEDEN PREFACE Decision making is a complex phenomenon which normally is deeply integrated into social life. At the same time the decision making process often gives the decision maker an opportunity for conscious planning and for taking a reflective stance with respect to the action considered. This suggests that decision making allows creative solutions with a potential to change the course of events both on an individual and a collective level. Given these considerations, we argue that in order to more fully understand decision making the perspectives of different disciplines are needed. In this volume we have attempted to draw together contributions that would provide a broad view of decision making. Much work has been carried out in the writing and editing of this volume. First of all we would like to thank the contributors for their efforts in producing interesting and important texts and for their patience in the editorial process. Each chapter was edited by two or three reviewers. These reviewers are listed on a separate page in this book. Our heartfelt thanks go to them for their time and for their incisive and constructive reviews! We are also grateful to the publishing editors at Kluwer Academic Publishers, Christiane Roll and Dorien Francissen, who have been generous with their encouragement and patience throughout the editorial process. We are also indebted to Ole Boe, Louise Miller Guron, and Karin Naslund for their invaluable technical and language assistance in connection with the production of the book. Finally, our appreciation goes to the Swedish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSFR) from which we have received financial support in connection with the preparation of this book. Carl Martin All wood and Marcus Selart xi ABSTRACT The present volume deals with social and creative aspects of decision making. Such aspects have, to some extent, been neglected in previous behavioral research. The volume contributes to the integration of theories, concepts and empirical results from different research traditions and in this way helps to better our understanding of the decision making process. The chapters hereby complements research achievements that have been presented under different headings such as 'naturalistic decision making', 'distributed decision making', and 'applied creativity'. Most of the contributing authors are from psychology, other come from management science, health science, education, policy and planning, and informatics. Several of the chapters address basic and general issues with regard to the social and creative dimensions of decision making. Other chapters deal with personal decision making and different aspects of decision making in organizations. xii
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