Decision Making

Decision Making Style

Scott, S. G., & Bruce, R. A. (1995). Decision-making style: The development and assessment of a new measure. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 55(5), 818-831.

Hiring Decisions

Hiring recommendation form to determine applicant suitability based on:
- Cable, D. M., & Judge, T. A. (1997). Interviewers' perceptions of person–organization fit and organizational selection decisions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 79, 897–908.
- Higgins, C. A., & Judge, T. A. (2004). The effect of applicant influence tactics on recruiter perceptions of fit and hiring recommendations: A field study. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 622–632.
- Stevens, C. K., & Kristof, A. L. (1995). Making the right impression: A field study of applicant impression management during job interviews. Journal of Applied Psychology, 80, 587–606.
  - Used in Stewart, Greg L.; Dustin, Susan L.; Barrick, Murray R.; Darnold, Todd C. (2008). Exploring the handshake in employment interviews. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93:5, 1139 - 1146. Cronbach's alpha=.9.

Job Autonomy

Hackman, J. R., & Oldham, G. R. (1980). Work redesign. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley. Four items to determine participants work authority.
- Used in Ng, Kok-Yee; Ang, Soon; Chan, Kim-Yin. 2008. Personality and Leader Effectiveness. A Moderated Mediation Model of Leadership Self Efficacy, Job Demands and Job Autonomy. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(4):733-743; Cronbach's alpha reliability=.90.
Spector, P. E., & Fox, S. (2003). Reducing subjectivity in the assessment of the job environment: Development of the factual autonomy scale, FAS. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 24, 417-432.

Metacognitive Activity

Ford, J. K., Smith, E. M., Weissbein, D. A., Gully, S. M., & Salas, E. (1998). Relationships of goal orientation, metacognitive activity, and practice strategies with learning outcomes and transfer. Journal of Applied Psychology, 83, 218–233. Measure designed specifically to measure traits such as self-monitoring of learning, planning of learning activities.
- Used in Bell, Brandford, S. and Kozlowski, Steve W.J. 2008. Active learning: Effects of core training design elements on self-regulatory processes, learning, and adaptability. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(2):296-316. Cronbach's alpha=.93

Participation in Decision-Making

Hage, J., & Aiken, M. (1967). Relationship of Centralization to Other Structural Properties. Administrative Science Quarterly, 12(1), 72-92.
- Richard H. Hall, The Concept of Bureaucracy: An Empirical Assessment, American Journal of Sociology, 69 (July 1963), 32-40.
Nai-Wen, C., & Tzu-Shian, H. (2008). Exploring the linkages between formal ownership and psychological ownership for the organization: The mediating role of organizational justice. Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology, 81(4), 691-711.
Pierce, J. L., O'Driscoll, M. P., & Coghlan, A.-M. (2004). Work Environment Structure and Psychological Ownership: The Mediating Effects of Control. [Article]. Journal of Social Psychology, 144(5), 507-534.
Ito, J. K., & Peterson, R. B. (1986). Effects of task difficulty and interunit interdependence on information processing systems. Academy of Management Journal, 29(1), 139-149.
Karasek, R.A. (1979). Job Demands, Job Decision Latitude, and Mental Strain: Implications for Job Redesign. Administrative Science Quarterly, 24(2), 285.
- as cited in Fields, D. L. (2002). Taking the measure of work: A guide to validated scales for organizational research and diagnosis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Morgeson, F. P., & Humphrey, S. E. (2006). The work design questionnaire: Developing and validating a comprehensive measure for assessing job design and the nature of work. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 1321-1339.