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Decision-making processes of youth.

J W Moore¹, B Jensen, W E Hauck

¹Department of Education, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837.

Adolescence

|January 1, 1990

Summary

Decision-making commitment is negatively impacted by anxiety and perceived loss. Real-world administrative scenarios, unlike student simulations, reveal that high policy resistance significantly reduces long-term financial commitments.

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Area of Science:

Decision-making psychology
Organizational behavior
Administrative science

Background:

Previous research suggests feedback and job security influence administrative commitment.
Existing studies often use college students, lacking real-world stakes.
The impact of decision-maker anxiety and perceived loss is under-explored.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how anxiety and job insecurity affect administrative commitment in realistic scenarios.
To examine the influence of policy resistance on decision commitment.
To differentiate findings from studies using simulated administrative roles.

Main Methods:

Prospective administrators made monetary commitments to long-term goals.
Anxiety levels were monitored as a personality trait and in response to the decision process.
Job insecurity and policy resistance were manipulated during the decision-making simulation.

Main Results:

A significant negative correlation was found between anxiety levels and commitment to chosen actions.
Job security did not significantly affect commitment.
High policy resistance led to significantly lower monetary commitments to long-term goals.

Conclusions:

Anxiety and the realistic prospect of loss, not just feedback or job security, are key to understanding administrative commitment.
Findings contradict previous research, highlighting the importance of subject realism and personality traits.
Policy resistance is a critical factor diminishing commitment in administrative decision-making.

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