Bouckenooghe Dave, Vanderheyden Karlien, Mestdagh Steven, Van Laethem Sarah
Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Ghent University, Belgium.
J Psychol. 2007 Nov;141(6):605-25. doi: 10.3200/JRLP.141.6.605-626.
Can personality traits account for the handling of internal conflicts? The authors explored how individual differences in information-processing style affect coping patterns displayed before making important decisions. Need for cognition and need for cognitive closure were linked to the major tendencies identified in the conflict theory of decision making: vigilance, hypervigilance, and defensive avoidance (buck passing and procrastination). A sample of 1,119 Belgian human resource professionals completed the Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire, the 18-item short-form Need for Cognition Scale, and the Need for Closure Inventory. Ordinary least squares regression analysis indicated that significant relationships existed between need for cognition, need for closure, and conflict decision-making styles. The authors also found significant effects of gender and age.
人格特质能解释内部冲突的处理方式吗？作者探讨了信息处理风格的个体差异如何影响在做出重要决策之前所表现出的应对模式。认知需求和认知闭合需求与决策冲突理论中确定的主要倾向相关联：警觉、过度警觉和防御性回避（推诿和拖延）。1119名比利时人力资源专业人员的样本完成了墨尔本决策问卷、18项简版认知需求量表和认知闭合需求量表。普通最小二乘法回归分析表明，认知需求、闭合需求与冲突决策风格之间存在显著关系。作者还发现了性别和年龄的显著影响。
