January 23, 2013

Forcing Choice May Hamper Decision-Making, Study Finds




Constraining choice isn’t necessarily a good thing when it comes to managers’ problem-solving, according to a new Canadian study.

Managers tend to pick higher-risk options when forced to choose between competing alternatives to complex situations, according to researchers from the University of Guelph and University of Waterloo whose study was published recently in the Journal of Business Ethics.