Individual Differences in Participative Decision-Making
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Human Relations
- Vol. 30 (9) , 837-847
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001872677703000906
Abstract
This investigation examines the relative contributions of several individual difference factors to the amount of subordinate participation in decisionmaking (PDM) allowed by superiors among a sample of 103 male and female employees. It was found that females as a group are more participative than males and that such sex differences often affect the relation of personality variables to PDM. Moreover, the findings serve to support and extend Vroom and Yetton's (1973) findings concerning individual and situational contributions to PDM by examining such findings for males and females separately.Keywords
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