Decision-making, risk-taking, and divergent thinking: differences between Italians and the US

Today's society is characterized by complexity and uncertainty. Risk dominates individual and social consciousness, increasing the challenge of answering the question, “How do people make decisions?” (Nyhlen and Liden, 2014). Several variables are known to influence decision-making (DM) process and styles, including uncertainty avoidance and tolerance (Hofstede, 2007) as well as creativity (particularly Divergent Thinking, DT), although the data are controversial (Collins & Koeklin, 2012; Crepaldi et al., 2024)