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DECISION-MAKING LEADERSHIP STYLES AND ESG EFFECTIVENESS: VALIDATION OF THE NEW SPP SCALE IN PUBLIC AND CORPORATE SECTORS
Monika ZIOBROWSKA1
Publication language: English
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Guests Editors of the Issue Tomasz Herudziński, Wojciech Mincewicz
Transformations No. 4(127)2025, Publication date: 30 December 2025
Keywords: Sustainable development policy; ICT for Development (ICT4D); decision participation; psychology of decision making; public administration
Abstract This article examines the relationship between the decision-making styles of Management Information Systems (MIS) managers and the perceived effective-ness of ESG implementation, measured with the new SPP (Sustainability Policy Performance) questionnaire. We combine the DPQ-SET5 instrument, grounded in the Vroom-Yetton-Jago model, with the new SPP measure to move from assessing participation levels to investigating the tangible outcomes of ESG deployment. The sample comprises 171 MIS managers from organizations implementing ESG practices (public administration: 87; private sector: 84). Statistical analyses (t-tests, Pearson correlations) confirmed that participatory styles (C2, G2) are positively associated with ESG delivery (r = 0.73; p < 0.001), whereas autocratic styles (A1, A2) show negative associations. Organization type was not a significant predictor of preferred style, suggesting the primacy of leadership culture and the use of ICT in decision processes. The article contributes by presenting and preliminarily validating the SPP scale and by empirically linking decision styles with ESG effectiveness.
Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Lower Silesian University in Wrocław, Poland. She is a psychologist, ICF ACC coach, trainer, safety specialist, and forensic expert. She runs a private practice (MIND), offering coach-ing, psychological support, and EEG Biofeedback. She collaborates with the Univer-sity of Wrocław and research on leadership, decision-making in military systems, and competence management. Her academic interests bridge applied psychology and organisational development in hybrid and structured environments
ORCID: 0000-0001-6177-2598
E-mail: psycholog@ziobrowska.pl