Consumer socialization, social structural factors and decision-making styles: a case study of adolescents in Malaysia

Distinctive styles of client decision-making have emerged from case study research into the effectiveness of career guidance. This paper explores some findings from the third year of a longitudinal study currently underway in England, which relate to the ways clients approach transitionpoints in their careers and make the decisions that move them on. Data analysis reveals four career decision-making styles: evaluative, strategic, aspirational and opportunistic. Overall, it is evident that the choices and decisions made as individuals progress towards longer-term career destinations are multi-dimensional, complex, sometimes being implemented over an extended time frame and not always rational. For practice, implications of these findings include the need for practitioners to place less emphasis on planning for certainty and more tolerance of undecidedness.

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Profiling Adolescent Consumer Decision-Making Styles: Effects of Socialization Agents and Social-Structural Variables

Clothing and Textiles Research Journal ◽

10.1177/0887302x9701500106 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 50-59 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Soyeon Shim ◽

Aeran Koh

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Consumer Decision Making ◽

Consumer Decision ◽

Social Structural ◽

Decision Making Styles ◽

Structural Variables ◽

Socialization Agents

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Why still marry? The role of feelings in the persistence of marriage as an institution

10.31235/osf.io/xm3p4 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Francesco Candeloro Billari ◽

Aart C. Liefbroer

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Young Adults ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Structural Factors ◽

Partner Relationship ◽

Affective Evaluation ◽

Moderating Factors ◽

Social Structural ◽

Cognitive Decision

Despite cohabitation becoming increasingly equivalent to marriage in some of the most ‘advanced’ Western European societies, the vast majority of people still marry. Why so? Existing theories, mostly based on various approaches tied to cognitive decision‐making, do not provide a sufficient explanation of the persistence of marriage. In this article, we argue that feelings attached to marriage, i.e. the affective evaluation of those involved in a partner relationship concerning marriage as opposed to cohabitation, explain the persistent importance of marriage as an institution. We argue that socialization, biological and social‐structural factors affect these affective evaluations. We provide a test of our hypotheses using a longitudinal study of young adults in the Netherlands. The results of our analyses are consistent with a central role of feelings in the decision to marry, as well as with a role for key moderating factors such as gender.

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Mydin transformation focus: leadership and organizational change

Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies ◽

10.1108/20450621111180963 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 1-16 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nik Maheran Nik Muhammad ◽

Filzah Md Isa ◽

Siti Norezam Othman

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Organizational Change ◽

Success Factors ◽

List Type ◽

Business Leader ◽

Content Type ◽

Retail Business ◽

Decision Making Styles ◽

Leadership And Organizational Change

Mydin transformation focus: leadership and organizational change. Subject area – Leadership and organizational change. Study level/applicability – Undergraduate and Master's degrees in Business and Management. Managers and executives undergoing training in leadership-related issues will also benefit from the case study through development of analytical and decision-making skills. Case overview – The case study highlights a successful retail business leader who has been directly involved in the transformation of his family business from a mere merchandiser to hypermarket owner. For more than five decades of developing and cultivating his leadership skills, business competencies and continuous learning, he successfully competes with foreign giant retailers. To comprehend the transformation process undergone by his business, the case study captures the development phases of the organizational changes and the leader's leadership and decision-making styles from the early establishment of the company until becoming a local giant retailer, that is chosen as a ”value for money” merchandiser by the customers. Expected learning outcomes – The target users of the case study are expected to: Identify the critical success factors of successful leader. Examine the leadership and decision-making styles employed by the leader. Develop the competencies or capabilities of a retail business leader. Determine programmes or initiatives and strategies used by the leader in transforming the business organization. Apply the lesson learnt of a successful leader to their organization.

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