Table Of ContentDECISION 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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