Preferences for Intuition and Deliberation in Decision-Making in the Public Sector: Cross-Cultural Comparison of China, Taiwan, the Philippines, and the USA

Frithiof Svenson, Natalia Ermasova, Fatih Çetin and Markus A. Launer

International Journal of Public Administration, 2025, vol. 48, issue 1, 14-29

Abstract: This paper explores hypotheses based on Hofstede’s cultural framework showing that decision-makers’ culture impacts their implicit choice. How people make decisions is tested through the behavioral dimension preference for intuition/preference for deliberation based on data from 1,233 employees in China, Taiwan, the Philippines, and the USA. This study reveals significant variation in individuals’ intuitive and affective decision-making in the public sector across different countries. Individuals’ deliberative decision-making is impacted by long-term orientation and uncertainty avoidance. The study finds that Eastern countries (China, the Philippines, and Taiwan) have higher scores for intuitive/affective decision making than the Western countries (the USA).

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2024.2311374

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