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Compare of Rational Decision Making Style based on Manager's
Personality
Farhad Sadeghbari
Department of Educational Administration, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz,
Iran
Sohrab Yazdani*
Department of Educational Administration, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz,
Iran
*
Corresponding Author
Abstract
The aim of this study is to compare the rational style decisions based on personality traits
among school principals in secondary schools has been 2th Urmia Educational District. The
statistical population included all managers of high schools in 2th Urmia Educational District
to 44 people. To determine the sample size based on Morgan table and using stratified
random sampling method and with regard to gender, 40 patients were selected for the study.
The results showed: rational decision making style based on personality traits was different.
Keywords: Rational Decision Making Style, Personality.
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Introduction
The decision, one of the most significant organizational processes, considered as the main
task managers of all levels of the organization is raised. So that some experts believe that all
management decisions. Kuntz In this case, contends that plan, program, policy depends on the
decision. Who, what, when, where and how to do? Life in all organizations, including the
organizations needed to adopt different solutions and continuous to can this. Managers should
perform a variety of tasks and functions to your organization's leadership. Generally,
decisions over time is a challenge for managers; during their organizational mission because
they face issues and situations that require decisions.
Research on people's decision-making style and the factors affecting it, the internal properties
and individual differences people have a lot of attention and accordingly five styles of
decision-making rational, intuitive, dependent, spontaneous and avoidant have offered (Parker
et al., 2007). Factors such as government policies, community expectations, expectations of
supervisors, and subordinates, parents and students, the environment, centralization and
decentralization structure of education and personality characteristics executives are involved
in their performance. The characteristics and personality types has an important role because
the kind of behavior and the behavior of each individual, he is more a function of personality
types (Shamkhani, 2011). Psychologically each product type specific interaction between
multiple personal and cultural forces like peers, hereditary and genetic factors, parental social
class, culture and physical environment. In other words, type, specific reserves of attitudes
and skills in order to overcome difficulties and duties environment. Because different types of
interests, qualifications and temperament states are different, they tend to surround themselves
with people and special topics and issues that are in search of interests, qualifications and
their thinking is congruent to the world (Ghanji, 2011).
One of the most common classifications used by psychologists for character, introversion and
extroversion, which was used for the first time by Carl Yung. Long before conclusions are
interested. It seems that determines the types of personality when choosing their teachers and
discuss the exorbitant considering it to be. Such as "characteristic traits is one of the factors
affecting their performance."(Farahi Bozanjani, 2012). But in many cases, those involved in
education assigningn not enough attention to personality types. So people who might be
recruited to manage their personal Tpyhay lead to optimal performance and such decision
shall not be appropriate. For this purpose it is necessary to determine personality types that
the personality characteristics of managers in their decision-making style is what?
Bakhshi G. (2015) study entitled "Effects of Gender on the personality and style of decisionmaking school principals and teaching activities" has done. The results show that the
combination of introspection, sensuality, thinking and judgment as well as combination of
extraversion, sensuality, thinking, judgment and personality types most common among
school principals in Iran. The results also show that male and female managers with different
personality types have the same decision-making style and teaching activities have an impact
on gender and personality.
Lashkari Ferrin (2014) in a study entitled "The relationship between personality
characteristics of managers and their career success in high school girls in Tabriz came to the
conclusion that: The characteristic traits and career success there is an inverse relationship
between extroversion there is a significant positive correlation with job success. Flexibility
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between managers and career success there is a direct relationship between the direct
relationship there are the managers and career success.
Kord (2014) in a study entitled "The relationship between the dominant needs and practices of
management decision making" achieved the following results: The results of this study show
that the majority of manager's needs - the need to respect (self-esteem) and self-evaluation
(self-actualization ) is between the need to respect (self) management elementary school and
how their decisions have not significant relationship. Between need to respect (esteem) the
need to locate (self-actualization) managers period style guide their decisions about there is
significant; the need to respect (esteem) the need to (self-actualization) managers period style
guide their decision making significant relationship exists between the need to respect
(esteem) the need to locate (self-actualization) Site there is no significant relationship with the
high school decision-making practices prevailing needs of managers, as well as between men
and women are different.
Rezazadeh (2013) in their study for the management of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
came to the conclusion that the dominant style of rational decision-making.
Anderson (2014) research on the relationship between teachers' classroom management style
and personality type did. In this study, 95 teachers were selected as the sample using the spiral
aftereffect (SAT) came to the conclusion that more women than men.
Alkahtny et al (2013) study entitled "Effect of five major dimensions of personality
Malaysian managers and how to choose their leadership practices" have done. The results
suggest that Malaysian managers who are conscious and experience-oriented. The managers
take advantage of leadership practices consulting. However, some authoritarian and arbitrary
practices, some democratic practices and other practices profligate use rather coarse. As a
result of this study showed that a significant positive relationship between personality and
leadership styles of the managers there.
In 2013 a study by Reading, Oe was wriggling and Abe, which aims to investigate the effects
of personality characteristics and leadership of school principals in Ekiti State, Nigeria. This
research was descriptive. The study population included all administrators and teachers in
public schools in the state of Ekiti Nigeria is second base. The significant difference between
the age of managers and influence their leaders was achieved. But there are significant
differences between male and female leadership does not work does not exist. Smith Cry
(2011) research on personality traits and job success, a Thai model to predict occupational
success of the five-factor personality traits of each, in a sample consisting of 2518 people
were seven groups concluded that between the personality trait of all groups there was a
significant negative correlation with job success. But between extraversion and
conscientiousness are significant positive correlation with job success.
Methodology
In this study, given the nature of matter and the study of descriptive - has been used. Also
according to the study objectives are applied. The statistical population included all managers
of high schools in District 2 Urmia to 44 people. 95-1394 secondary schools in the academic
year in the second period working. In this study the following questionnaires were used to
measure the variables. The questionnaire was answered by managers.
Personality Five-Factor Inventory (NEO short form)
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Methods for grading questions from strongly disagree to strongly agree is six option. The time
required to complete a questionnaire for self-assessment questionnaire is 10 to 15 minutes can
be used. In countries around the world, including in Iran was validated. In Iran by Gross,
Mehryar and Tabatabai (1380) was validated and the results are similar to the results obtained
in tests on Costa (1992) showed that the scale of the short form with the long form of
solidarity 5 is 77/0 to 92/0. The internal consistency of its subscales ranged from 68/0 to 86/0
have been brought.
Styles Questionnaire General Scott and Bruce
Styles Questionnaire General Scott and Bruce (1995) consists of 25 questions with Likert
scale is. In order to assess each style of decision 5 questions in the questionnaire have been
allocated.
Results
The rational decision making style based on personality traits among school principals in
secondary schools Urmia region 2 is different.
Table 1: Descriptive indicators of rational decision making style according to personality
Personality
S.D
Mean
Neurotic
Extroverted
Flexible
Responsible
Pleasant
1.42
2.81
3.52
3.52
3.43
5.76
11.31
13.71
14.63
17.72
Min
5
5
5
5
5
Max
N
9
18
22
23
25
3
7
8
11
11
To test the difference between principals rational decision one way ANOVA was used to test
the results in the tables.
Table 2: variance consistency test for rational decision-making style varies according
to personality
Leven
df1
df2
Sig.
3.97
4
39
0.16
So we can conclude that the null hypothesis was confirmed, the assumption of homogeneity
of variance exists and can be used to ANOVA test.
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Table3: ANOVA variable rational decision-making style according to
personality
Source
SS
Df
MS
F
Sig
Between G
Within G
Total
580965
144890.79
145471.76
4
39
43
290.48
410.45
4.7
0.000
According to ANOVA and f calculated at a significance level of 0.000 the critical value
05/0 is smaller, we can conclude that the null hypothesis is rejected and the research hypothesis
is confirmed, in fact, the use school administrators rational decisions according to their
personality significantly different. This difference in LSD post hoc test was evaluated results
are shown in the table below.
Table 4: The post hoc test variable rational decision-making style
Sig
Personality
0.000
Neurotic & Pleasant
0.000
Neurotic & Flexible
0.000
Neurotic & Responsible
Results Table (4) follow-up indicated that the neurotic personality type was lower than
rational decision making style and character groups a flexible, responsive and pleasant to be
significantly different.
Conclusion
To test the difference between principals rational decision one way ANOVA test is
used. The results of ANOVA at a significance level of 0.000, which is smaller than the critical
value 0.05, one can conclude that the null hypothesis is rejected and the research hypothesis is
confirmed. Flexible and pleasant to be significantly different. This results is consistent with
Jung's theory, Khedive (2009), Rutter (1972) and the results of Bagherzadeh (2008), Gholipour
(2011), Hersey and Blanchard (1389), Ghafourian (2008) and the results of Alkahtny and
colleagues (2011) is. The total amount of agreeableness and according to the teachers, in fact,
they provided more context for top performance. Responsible thoughtful people, all their
activities related to rational conclusions and the evidence are accurate and objective. Mental
and behavioral establish trust facilities. Gholipour (2011) believes that very effective, the
characters are identified for each job and the conflict between personality characteristics and
job requirements are minimized. mental and behavioral establish trust facilities. Ghafourian
(2008) believes that leadership style extroverted, more relationship-oriented. The results
Alkahtny and colleagues (2011) found that extroverted personality type with relationshiporiented leadership style to positively and significantly correlated. Ghafourian (1382) in their
study found that extroverted type of leadership, is more relationship-oriented. The results
Alkahtny et al (2011) suggest that a significant positive relationship between managers'
personality and leadership style are Malaysian. Both individual goals and organizational goals
are achieved and greater emphasis on human relationships.is very important.
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