Book Reviews

Abstract

Decision making has been a classic topic of academic research and applied practice. This edited volume by Allwood and Selart continues important recent trends. First, the chapters extend the traditional conceptualization of decision making as an individual cognitive process that is structured in space and time. Second, the book collects multidisciplinary, multimethod, and multicountry voices and approaches, mixing theoretical and practical issues, conceptual frameworks, and empirical studies. The editors state the major goal as "to give recognition to the fact that human decision making typically occurs in changing, dynamic, social contexts, and that researchers interested in decision making in a social context therefore will benefit by considering the relation between creativity and decision making" (p. 10).