Personality traits and decision-making

The article focuses on a discussion concerning choice-making and decisionmaking in the context of men’s and women’s personality traits. A group of 65 students aged 20 ±3 years were interviewed. 36 participants (55.4%) were men and 29 (44.6%) were women. The participants were students of Management. The respondents answered a set of questions on such issues as evaluation of their own decisions adecisions, and the degree of independence in decision-making. The results were related to individual personality traits as defined by the Big Five theory, namely extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness and openness to experience. It was found that to a large extent that women and men are guided by similar principles, However, there are some areas of activity, the resulting decisions, views and solutions that differ between the two sexes. In general, men are more extroverted and less concerned about the consequences of their actions and decisions. Women, on the other hand, are more stable and responsible. The result obtained covers a certain section of the vast issue of decisionmaking. Research on this complex topic in the context of personality traits requires further work and analysis.