Collective Decision Making

Toward a Relational Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID4829385
AuthorsSøren Christensen (0000-0003-2500-0085, Copenhagen Business School), Hanne Christensen (0000-0002-7472-3194, Copenhagen Business School), Ann Westenholz (Copenhagen Business School)
Year2000
Volume43
Issue8
Pages1301-1315
Publication date2000-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00027640021955874
OpenAlexW1964805482
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

The focus of the article is on the dominating assumptions in theories of decision making and the relationship between decisions and change. This discussion is used to understand strategic decision making in Danish companies in which, since 1973, employees have been able to elect representatives to the board of directors. It is the authors' observation that employers and employees develop joint perspectives on the realities facing their company and also try to influence the decision from the point of view of their respective interests. To understand these processes, it is claimed that interest and identities must be treated as endogenous rather than exogenous variables, that these processes need to be understood in a social constructivist rather than a social realist paradigm, and that a relational paradigm must replace the dominant substantialist paradigm. These positions challenge dominant assumptions in traditional decision-making theory. The authors work toward formulating a decision-making theory based on a relational perspective

Danish · Economics · Epistemology · Management science · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Positive economics · Public relations · Social constructivism · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Computer Science · Engineering · Management and Organizational Studies · Management Theory and Practice

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