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The Influence of Values, Information, and Decision Orders on a Public Policy Decision
Author(s) -
Hughes G. David,
Rao Vithala R,
Alker Henry A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1976.tb01320.x
Subject(s) - psychology , order (exchange) , value (mathematics) , decision process , value of information , social psychology , decision analysis , management science , economics , mathematics , statistics , mathematical economics , finance
An experiment was conducted to determine the influence of personal values, information, and decision order on choice and commitment to choice when the decision involved a complex matter of public policy. Findings indicated that values determined piorities, but not decisions; information did not influence choice, but had a curvilinear effect on the commitment to the choice; the decision order did not influence the components of the decision process, but did determine the proportion of value‐consistent decisions. The significance of these findings to public policy and the need for future research are discussed.