Strategy

Strategy

Investigating the Effect of Collective Decision-Making on Enhancing Social Justice Using Structural Equation Modeling

Document Type : Research Paper

Author
Seyed Mohsen Mirbagheri
Post-doctorate in science and technology policy - Department of Management, Economics and Progress Engineering - Iran University of Science & Technology (IUST)
10.22034/rahbord.2024.466618.1684
Abstract
This article aims to identify the indicators of common rationality (as a basis for joint decision-making), collective decision-making, and social justice and measure the type and extent of the relationship between them. A conceptual model is designed to achieve the aims using the research background and interviews with experts. Then, the relationships between the measures and constructs of this model were investigated by distributing the questionnaire to the target population. The target community is the managers of government organizations (at different management levels) who are aware of collective decision-making or have experience using it. In the conceptual model, common rationality includes four indicators (common thoughts, common goals, common benefits, and common interests); collective decision-making consists of four indicators (voting, information sharing, meeting, and consultation); and social justice includes four indicators (reducing discrimination, reducing corruption, power distribution, and reducing conflict of interest). The structural equation method is used to achieve the research objectives, and Smart PLS 2.0 software is used to analyze the data. To evaluate the overall model fit, the goodness of fit (GOF) is used, which is obtained as 0.516, and this criterion indicates that the overall model fit of the research model is appropriate. The results indicate that common rationality affects social justice through the mediating variable of collective decision-making. Managers should not ignore collective decision-making if they want to use the common rationality created to increase justice. This study can motivate rulers and managers to use the collective decision-making method in various matters to increase social justice without spending a lot of money.
Keywords
Participation
social justice
collective decision-making
common rationality

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 07 July 2024
  • Revise Date 15 October 2024
  • Accept Date 16 October 2024