THE ROLE OF GENDER AND EDUCATION ON DECISION-MAKING

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Jacques M., Osman G.

STUDIES IN BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, cilt.14, sa.3, ss.117-130, 2019 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 14 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2478/sbe-2019-0048
  • Dergi Adı: STUDIES IN BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.117-130
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Diversity, Gender, Decision Making, Emotion Neutrality, Quantitative Methods and Statistics, EMOTIONAL-REACTIONS, SELF-EFFICACY, STEREOTYPES, LEADERSHIP, WOMEN, CULTURE, BOARDS, THREAT, MEN
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this article we investigated the predominance of six unique dimensions of decision-making. We defined those dimensions as rationality, acuity, autonomy, openness, control, and emotion-neutrality. Our data is based on an online survey conducted on a global scale. From this survey, we received a total of 356 responses, of which 204 (57.3%) are females, and 152 (42.70%) are males. Of the respondents, 139 (39.04%) work in the education sector as teachers, academicians, lab instructors, course assistants and the remainder in other occupations. Our results suggest that emotion-neutrality is positively associated with all the dimensions of decision-making except acuity. We found that emotion-neutrality plays a significant role in the decision-making processes. However, female respondents perceive themselves to be less emotion-neutral, a finding that is amplified in the education sector. Thus, female teachers are more likely to make emotional decisions.