Understanding Intuition in Management Research

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What is the synthetic definition of intuition proposed by Dane & Pratt (2007)?

Affectively charged judgments that arise through rapid, nonconscious, and holistic associations.

Who are the luminaries who have discussed the topic of intuition in management research?

Chester Barnard, Herbert Simon, Daniel Kahneman, and Amos Tversky.

According to Akinci & Sadler-Smith (2012), what does the history of management research on intuition lack until relatively recently?

A comprehensive, integrated account and testable research propositions.

What distinguishes intuitions based on expert schemas from intuitions based on simple heuristics?

Intuitions based on expert schemas arise after years of focused practice in environments that provide both relevant and quick feedback, whereas intuitions based on simple heuristics are based on simple biases like anchoring bias. Signup and view all the answers

Who reviewed the concept of intuition in several disciplines and proposed the synthetic definition that has since been widely adopted?

Dane & Pratt (2007). Signup and view all the answers

According to Akinci & Sadler-Smith (2012), what did previous studies on intuition in management and organization lack?

A comprehensive, integrated account and testable research propositions. Signup and view all the answers

What are the three different types of intuitions mentioned by Dane & Pratt (2009)?

problem solving (or expert), creative, and moral Signup and view all the answers

According to Salas et al. (2010), what have they further explicated?

the nature and mechanisms underlying expertise-based (or problem-solving) intuition Signup and view all the answers

Who developed a model of ethical judgments that rely on moral and problem-solving intuitions?

Sonenshein (2007) Signup and view all the answers

What type of studies did Woiceshyn (2009) and Hensman & Sadler-Smith (2011) conduct?

qualitative field studies of intuition Signup and view all the answers

What did Woiceshyn (2009) examine among oil companies' CEOs?

how the interplay of rational and intuitive decision making varies Signup and view all the answers

According to Dane et al. (2011), who were more likely to be creative when asked to use rational decision making?

those who had a low affinity for using rational (versus experiential) problem solving Signup and view all the answers

What type of studies found that those with a low affinity for using rational problem solving were more likely to be creative when asked to use rational decision making?

studies using an experimental design Signup and view all the answers

What was the focus of the studies by Woiceshyn (2009) and Hensman & Sadler-Smith (2011)?

intuitive decision making Signup and view all the answers

What did Sonenshein and Dane later put forth a framework on the role of?

ethical expertise in decision making Signup and view all the answers

What is the nature of empirical work in this area, according to the text?

scant, especially in relation to conceptual work Signup and view all the answers

What are the two primary suggestions made at the end of the review?

Face and address current challenges involved in applying theories utilizing the nonconscious, especially in organizations, and widen and deepen the current application of nonconscious research in OP/OB. Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important for organizational psychology and organizational behavior researchers to think more systematically about nonconscious processes?

Nonconscious processes have an important effect on behavior, as appears to be the consensus after decades of research in different fields in psychology. Signup and view all the answers

What are some of the central topics in organizational psychology and organizational behavior where nonconscious dynamics might play out?

Motivation, decision making, leadership, assessing others (e.g., selection), individual-organizational attachments, etc. Signup and view all the answers

What is the largely untapped potential mentioned in the text regarding research incorporating theorizing and empirical studies?

Research incorporating theorizing and empirical studies regarding nonconscious processes is largely untapped potential. Signup and view all the answers

How can the application of nonconscious research in OP/OB be widened and deepened?

Widen by applying currently utilized perspectives on the nonconscious to new theoretical areas (e.g., organizational identification), and deepen by applying heretofore ignored nonconscious perspectives into core OP/OB processes (e.g., implicit learning). Signup and view all the answers

What are the current challenges involved in applying theories utilizing the nonconscious, especially in organizations?

The text does not explicitly mention the current challenges involved in applying theories utilizing the nonconscious, especially in organizations. Signup and view all the answers

What are some challenges faced by scholars who wish to advance further research on nonconscious processes in organizations?

Several challenges remain, some unique to different perspectives, some more global. Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is one of the critical challenges in psychodynamic research?

Overcoming an often superficial—and sometimes inaccurate—understanding of what psychodynamics is today. Signup and view all the answers

What surprised the authors of the review concerning psychodynamics?

How much they did not know before conducting the review, and how much they still have to learn. Signup and view all the answers

How do the authors hope to address some of the challenges in advancing further research on nonconscious processes?

By raising awareness of the importance of nonconscious processes and offering an organizing system for extant work in the area. Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of the authors' review concerning nonconscious processes in organizations?

Raising awareness of the importance of nonconscious processes and offering an organizing system for extant work in the area. Signup and view all the answers

What is the nature of empirical work in the area, according to the text?

Still-evolving systems psychodynamics perspective. Signup and view all the answers

What have the authors included in their previous research, despite their own familiarity with psychodynamics?

Some of its tenets. Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what remains despite the authors' familiarity with psychodynamics?

How much they still have to learn. Signup and view all the answers

What is the critical challenge in psychodynamic research, as mentioned in the text?