Cross‐cultural Differences in Self‐reported Decision‐making Style and Confidence

Abstract

The Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire (Mann, Burnett, Radford, & Ford, 1997) measures self‐reported decision‐making coping patterns. The questionnaire was administered to samples of University students in the US (N = 475), Australia (N = 262), New Zealand (N = 260), Japan (N = 359), Hong Kong (N = 281), and Taiwan (N = 414). As predicted, students from the three Western, individualistic cultures (US, Australia, and New Zealand) were more confident of their decision‐making ability than students from the three East Asian, group‐oriented cultures (Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan). No cross‐cultural differences were found in scores on decision vigilance (a careful decision‐making style). However, compared with Western students, the Asian students tended to score higher on buck‐passing and procrastination (avoidant styles of decision making) as well as hypervigilance (a panicky style of decision making). Japanese students scored lowest on decision self‐esteem and highest on procrastination and hypervigilance. It was argued that the conflict model and its attendant coping patterns is relevant for describing and comparing decision making in both Western and Asian cultures.

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