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REVIEW article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Organizational Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1473175

Emotions and Decision-Making in Boardrooms -A Systematic Review from Behavioral Strategy Perspective

Provisionally accepted
Rosine Hasson Marques Rosine Hasson Marques 1,2*Verónica Violant-Holz Verónica Violant-Holz 2Eduardo Damião Da Silva Eduardo Damião Da Silva 1
  • 1 Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
  • 2 University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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    This systematic review examines the influence of emotions on strategic decision-making in business context, from the perspective of behavioral strategy. We examined 1227 articles from two databases (Web of Science and PsycInfo), and after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the final sample resulted in 43 articles. Our systematic review focuses on the role of emotions in strategic decision-making as well as the decision-making process itself. This systematic review explores research using a variety of approaches and a combination of theoretical and empirical perspectives brought by the literature. It aims to address three main questions: how board members' emotions influence their decision-making; what insights behavioral strategy provides on the emotional aspect of strategic decision-making; and what are the main theories linking emotions to strategic decisionmaking in the business context. The results demonstrate how emotions can affect the quality of decisions and imply that conflict resolution and emotional intelligence are relevant skills for making strategic decisions. This analysis supports the need for incorporating emotional insights into strategic planning methods by considering agreeable and divergent points of view.

    Keywords: strategic decision-making1, emotions2, board members3, emotional influence4, organizational behavior5, behavioral strategy6

    Received: 30 Jul 2024; Accepted: 04 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Hasson Marques, Violant-Holz and Damião Da Silva. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Rosine Hasson Marques, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil

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