The role of personality in the relationship between feeling bored and decision-making competence: a study of managers in the retail industry

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dc.contributor.authorDu Preez, Magda
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-19T07:58:58Z
dc.date.available2016-12-19T07:58:58Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionThesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at the Wits business school University of the Witwatersrand June 2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDespite the increased work on emotions in organizations, there is a lack of research on the impact of feeling bored in managerial decision-making contexts. Feeling bored was defined, and an expansion to the Hybrid Process Decision-Making Model was proposed. Using this revised definition of feeling bored and the Expanded Decision-Making Process Model, an empirical study with retail middle managers was conducted to examine the relationships between feeling bored and decision-making competence and the role of personality. Results found that feeling bored has a significant negative association with middle managers’ confidence levels, risk perception and decision rules. Results confirmed that personality plays a moderating role in the relationship between feeling bored and decision-making competence. Most notably, the personality trait learning neutralizes the negative effects of feeling bored on decision-making competence, whereas the personality trait sociability has a varied effect depending on which end of the valence/arousal continuum feeling bored is experienced. Limitations to the study, and practical implications for retail organizations, middle managers and for future research, are outlineden_ZA
dc.description.librarianMB2016en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (xv, 126 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationDu Preez, Magda (2016) The role of personality in the relationship between feeling bored and decision-making competence: a study of managers in the retail industry, University of the Witwatersrand, <http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/21564>
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/21564
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshDecision making
dc.subject.lcshIndustrial management--Decision making
dc.subject.lcshBoredom
dc.subject.lcshPersonality
dc.titleThe role of personality in the relationship between feeling bored and decision-making competence: a study of managers in the retail industryen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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