Extroverted managers enjoy most high-stress decision-making situations. They may are prone to the errors typical of managers who make decisions quickly and rely on biases and heuristics, but the stress level of the situation is less a factor. These managers are more stressed by having to spend long hours researching and carefully considering decisions. They will have made up their mind early in the process and not understand the point of progressing further.

Open managers are stressed most by routine decisions. Such decisions are viewed a tedious, and will therefore receive less attention. This leads to decision-making that fails to consider the full scope of information.

Agreeable managers are stressed by situations that are antagonistic in nature. Decisions that have a negative impact on others, such as layoffs, cause them the most stress. They are prone to delay on such decisions and may choose to mitigate the damage they cause...
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