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Decision making strategies: the influence of task complexity, decision importance, decision maker impulsivity, and decision maker gender

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dc.contributor.authorPolk, Thomas E.en
dc.contributor.departmentIndustrial Engineering and Operations Researchen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:31:09Zen
dc.date.adate2009-03-12en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:31:09Zen
dc.date.issued1990en
dc.date.rdate2009-03-12en
dc.date.sdate2009-03-12en
dc.description.abstractThe effects of decision task complexity, decision importance, and decision maker impulsivity on decision making behavior were studied in this thesis. Measures involving time and acquisition of information were devised as well as specialized measures of decision strategy complexity. Thirty-six subjects classified as either high- or low-impulsives (eighteen male, eighteen female) performed decision tasks involving the selection of the “best” apartment from a group of apartments that were homogeneous with respect to desirability. Decision task complexity was manipulated by increasing the number of apartments from which the subject had to choose. Decision importance was manipulated by changing the reward associated for selecting the best apartment. A theoretical decision strategy selection mechanism, based on a similar mechanism proposed by Christensen-Szalanski (1978), was developed to explain the relationship between the independent variables in this study and decision strategy selection. Results indicated partial support for the theoretical mechanism and highlighted areas for future research.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentviii, 95 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03122009-040747en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03122009-040747/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41476en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1990.P654.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 22391925en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1990.P654en
dc.subject.lcshDecision making -- Researchen
dc.titleDecision making strategies: the influence of task complexity, decision importance, decision maker impulsivity, and decision maker genderen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineIndustrial Engineering and Operations Researchen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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