The study of human decision process has long intrigued social researchers. Accountants, whose raison d'etre is to provide information for decision making, have a particular stake in the efforts of the decision scientists. However, in reviewing the decision science literature, one can see that decision research has evolved into a distinct dichotomy: the study of individual decision processes versus the study of group decision processes. Group decision processes have been shown to be quite different from those present in the individual decision setting. / Unfortunately, those who accept this dichotomous classification ignore the fact that the distinction between individual decision settings and group decision settings is not always well-defined. Preoccupation with only two categories prevents observers from appreciating the wealth of the dynamic processes that can occur across the range of varying involvement of second parties to individual decisions. / This dissertation defines and describes the range of varying involvement (or collaboration) by developing a typology or nomenclature to enrich future decision research. Concentration is on the two-person group, although the processes described can be expanded to groups of more than two persons by the inclusion of a richer set of effects. / The perspective adopted is that of the individual decision maker receiving assistance or involvement from a second party. Involvement is based on interaction, or more fundamentally, communication, between the decision maker and the outside party. Accordingly, the typology will be developed by defining various degrees along the continuum of involvement, based on communication as a multidimensional construct. The experiment is a demonstration of how movement along a communications construct from an individual perspective to a collaborative perspective can affect decision outcomes. / The thesis of this dissertation is that the range of collaboration is a continuum. However, to illustrate the point, an eight-level typology is developed and described. Implications are given for decision scientists, designers of decision support systems, researchers in accounting and auditing, and others interested in the study of decision processes. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-01, Section: A, page: 0233. / Major Professor: William Hillison. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1993.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76829 |
| Contributors | Fordham, David Ronald., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 154 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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