Cross-Cultural Differences in Choice Behavior and Use of Decision Aids: A Comparison of Japan and the United States

A controlled laboratory study was conducted to investigate the effect of cultural differences on decision strategy. Participants from two cultures (Japan and the United States) completed multi-attribute preferential choice tasks with and without use of computerized decision aids. The results indicat...

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Published in:Organizational behavior and human decision processes 1999-02, Vol.77 (2), p.147-170
Main Authors: Chu, P.C, Spires, Eric E, Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition. Intelligence
Comparative studies
Cultural differences
Decision making models
Decision making. Choice
Decision theory
Experiments
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
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Summary:A controlled laboratory study was conducted to investigate the effect of cultural differences on decision strategy. Participants from two cultures (Japan and the United States) completed multi-attribute preferential choice tasks with and without use of computerized decision aids. The results indicate that Japanese participants were less likely to invoke compensatory decision processes, which involve conflict-confronting assessment of trade-offs among attributes. This behavior is consistent with some cultural differences described in extant literature. The results call into question the generalizability across cultures of descriptive decision theories, which come largely from the West, and suggest the need for descriptive theories that incorporate cultural factors.
ISSN:0749-5978
1095-9920
DOI:10.1006/obhd.1998.2817