ABSTRACT
Following developments in individualism and collectivism theory, the current study was designed to investigate the effects of self-orientations, as opposed to Group orientations, in a Group decision-making task, in both India and Bangladesh. Fifty high self-oriented participants and 50 high group oriented participants were taken from India and Bangladesh. The sample was divided into small groups of five participants each and examined for pre-group decision making and consensual group decision making rating on risk taking items. Results indicated that in both India and Bangladesh high group oriented participants showed more group polarization and took riskier consensual decision as compared to the self oriented participants. The findings are discussed in the context of collectivistic orientation, which characterizes both India and Bangladesh and the subsequent moderation by individualistic versus collective orientations as group effects salient to group decision making and group polarization.
