Examining the relation of personality factors and decision-making styles of Hakim Sabzevari university managers

The present study was conducted in order to examine the relationship between the personality traits and the decision making styles of the managers of Hakim Sabzevari University. The statistical population includes all the managers of Hakim Sabzevari University who are in-charge of different positions. The number of managers is seventy people, 60 subjects based on Morgan Table were selected using simple random sampling method. The instruments used in the present study are Scott and Bruce General Decision Making Styles Questionnaire (1995) and NEO personality traits questionnaire. In order to analyze the data, description and inferential statistics including Pearson, step by step regression, t test, unidirectional ANOVA and Tokay follow-up test were used. The results indicated that: the marital and single status did not affect the decision making styles of the manager and education and experience only affected the avoidance decision making styles. The extroversion and consciousness personality traits had a positive significant relationship with the rational decision making styles and the neurotic trait had a negative significant relationship with the rational decision making. The psychotic trait had a positive significant relationship with the spontaneous decision making style and consciousness trait had a significant negative relationship with the spontaneous decision making style. The neurotic trait had a positive significant relationship with avoidance decision making style and the extrovert and consciousness personality traits had negative significant relationship with avoidance decision making style. In addition, none of the personality traits had any significant relationship with the intuitional decision making styles and dependence.