https://ir.iimcal.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/123456789/4815 2026-04-12T14:00:30Z https://ir.iimcal.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/123456789/4824 Title: Editorial Authors: Seetharaman, Priya Abstract: There is little doubt that effective organizational decision-making is an emergent, dynamic and iterative process that is significantly influenced by contextual, particularly strategic, structural, financial, operational, political and social considerations. Agility and adaptability to address the ever-evolving challenges and seizing the opportunities that organizations face, is an important competency for leaders and managers seeking to achieve their organizational objectives. Such adaptability includes being aware of what may prove effective in specific organizational contexts and channelling their decision-making approaches towards that, while taking cognizance of the situational risks associated and their own cognitive biases. As management researchers, we often choose to focus on different facets and dimensions of such managerial decision-making. The researchers whose articles appear in this issue of DECISION have chosen to focus on diverse aspects of organizational and individual decision-making such as ownership structure decisions; nature of decision-making and its influence on institutional efficiencies; influence of cohesion and cooperation amongst business group firms on innovation performance; effects of board and audit governance; effect of safety cues on purchase decisions; consumer decision-making process in retail store environment; idea filtering approaches and impact of game awareness in prisoner’s dilemma. It is this very diversity in decision-making situations, contexts, approaches and outcomes that makes our role as management researchers more stimulating and challenging. Description: P. Seetharaman, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal 700104, India; p. 141-142 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.iimcal.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/123456789/4823 Title: The effect of trait-state anxiety on choice overload: the mediating role of choice difficulty Authors: Hu, Xinye; Turel, Ofir; Chen, Wanting; Shi, Jia; He, Qinghua Abstract: People tend to prefer a wide range of options, even if it requires more effort to make a decision. The digital environment provides a variety of choices, and people may encounter anxiety when they face such uncertain choices. This study conducted two experiments to examine the effects of trait and state anxiety on the phenomenon of choice overload in the digital environment. Choice deferral served as a measure of choice overload. The results suggested that individuals with high trait/state anxiety were more likely to delay choices when presented with a larger choice set. Anxiety moderated the effect of choice set on choice overload, while choice difficulty played a mediating role. Our results provided insight into the mechanism of choice overload and suggested solutions such as altering the information presentation, to reduce choice overload and assist individuals in making informed decisions. These findings also highlighted the destructive effects of state anxiety on decision making and the necessity of keeping individuals relaxed when making decisions. Description: X. Hu, Southwest University, Chongqing, Beibei, China | Ofir Turel, Southwest University, Chongqing, Beibei, China | Wanting Chen, Southwest University, Chongqing, Beibei, China | Jia Shi, Southwest University, Chongqing, Beibei, China | Qinghua He, Southwest University, Chongqing, Beibei, China; p. 143-152 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.iimcal.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/123456789/4822 Title: Do coopetition and cohesion of business groups stimulate their innovation performance? Authors: Mierzejewska, Wioletta; Aluchna, Maria; Tomczyk, Emilia Abstract: Innovation performance is a widely studied issue in management literature. However, despite an increasing number of innovation studies in the context of stand-alone firms, there is still little empirical evidence on business group innovation performance and its driving forces. Our study attempts to shed light on the relationship between coopetition and cohesion of a business group and its innovation performance. We use a Poisson regression model to analyze a sample of 118 business groups. We have found that the type of coopetition as well as the degree of cohesion of a business group is positively related to innovation performance measured by the number of patents and the number of trademarks. Description: W. Mierzejewska, SGH Warsaw School of Economics: Szkola Glowna Handlowa w Warszawie, Warsaw, Poland | M. Aluchna, SGH Warsaw School of Economics: Szkola Glowna Handlowa w Warszawie, Warsaw, Poland | E. Tomczyk, SGH Warsaw School of Economics: Szkola Glowna Handlowa w Warszawie, Warsaw, Poland; p. 153-168 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.iimcal.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/123456789/4821 Title: The determinants of board size in Italian State-owned enterprises operating in water industry Authors: Cersosimo, Cristina Abstract: This study investigates what are the determinants of board size in Italian water Stateowned enterprises. The analysis has been conducted on a sample of 105 Italian water State-owned enterprises. Furthermore, data for the year 2018 have been used to run an ordinary least squares statistical model. Most relevant findings suggest that the two ownership structure variables, expressed through the number of public owners and the degree of direct public ownership, are statistically and significantly related to board size. Specifically, the number of public owners is positively and significantly related to board size. Conversely, the degree of the direct public ownership is negatively and significantly related to board size. The investigation provides a contribution for academics and policy-makers. Given the essentiality of water resource for humanity and future generations, the study emphasizes the need to ensure the inclusion of citizens in Italian water SOEs’ ownership and boardroom as a pragmatic and functional reality. Description: C. Cersosimo, Department of Management and Law, University of Rome ‘‘Tor Vergata’’, Rome, Italy; p. 169-182 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z