UCL Discovery
UCL home » Library Services » Electronic resources » UCL Discovery

Organizational power predicts decision making quality

Arriaga, P; Guinote, A; (2020) Organizational power predicts decision making quality. Psicologia , 34 (2) pp. 27-38. 10.17575/revista. Green open access

[thumbnail of Guinote_2020_Arriaga_Guinote_1381_6351-1-10-20201230.pdf]
Preview
Text
Guinote_2020_Arriaga_Guinote_1381_6351-1-10-20201230.pdf - Published Version

Download (295kB) | Preview

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the link between power and the quality of decision. Participants were 50 employees from an organizational company, consisting of two groups (High-Power, N=24; Low-Power, N=26) based on the organization's hierarchical power position. To evaluate the quality of the decisions, all participants performed tasks involving choice among several alternatives in two separate moments of the same day: in the morning (at the beginning of the workday) and late afternoon (at the end of the workday). Additional subjective measures (fatigue, alertness, effort) and skin conductance were obtained. Results indicated that having high power in the organization was related to making better decisions, over and above the subjective levels of fatigue, alertness, effort, and physiological arousal. No effects of time-of-day were found on the decision making. Consistent with experimental research, having power facilitated decision-making performance in an organizational context.

Type: Article
Title: Organizational power predicts decision making quality
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.17575/revista
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.17575/revista psicologia.v34i2....
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Power; decision making; time-of-day; alertness; fatigue; arousal.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Experimental Psychology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10087393
Downloads since deposit
136Downloads
Download activity - last month
Download activity - last 12 months
Downloads by country - last 12 months

Archive Staff Only

View Item View Item