Nationalism, Patriotism And Multinational Decision-Making Competence: Evidence From A Situation Judgment Test

Keywords

Culture; Decision-making; Military psychology; Nationalism; Situation judgment test; Social identity; Teams

Abstract

Multiple factors may influence Warfighters’ ability to team effectively with personnel from other nations in joint military operations. The present study (N = 696) used a situation judgement test (SJT) to assess multinational decision-making competence. We hypothesized that both social identity and general decision-making competencies would be associated with SJT performance. Performance was associated with lower nationalism, and with decision-making competencies including application of decision rules and knowledge of social norms. Multivariate analyses suggested social identity and decision-making competence predicted performance independently, although nationalism and competence were negatively associated. These findings suggest that training strategies for Warfighters might identify the individual’s strengths and weaknesses, and tailor explicit instruction and virtual learning scenarios accordingly.

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Publication Title

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Volume

610

Number of Pages

64-75

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60747-4_7

Socpus ID

85021706965 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85021706965

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