{
  "title": "Reducing the options: what research allows us to conclude",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/reduire-les-options-ce-que-la-recherche-permet-de-conclure-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-07-12",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Shortening a list of options seems likely to make decisions easier. The literature does not, however, support turning this into a general rule.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Decision-making",
  "place": {
    "name": "Lausanne",
    "region": "Vaud",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Sheena S."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What pooling the studies adds",
      "point": "Benjamin Scheibehenne, Rainer Greifeneder and Peter M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The hasty conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that a committee should always receive a shortlist."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What these data do not settle",
      "point": "The situations studied do not directly reproduce a regulatory decision in medtech, the selection of a university partner or a decision within a sports organisation."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Lausanne",
      "point": "As part of SHR's [decision-making](/formation/prise-de-decision/lausanne) programme, a proposed exercise for a Lausanne team would be to track comparable recurring decisions for four weeks, alternating between a full set of options and a shortlist based on written criteria, while retaining access to excluded options."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Lepper",
      "year": "2000",
      "source": "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Todd",
      "year": "2010",
      "source": "Journal of Consumer Research"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 417,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-07-12-en.jpg?v=4",
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    "en": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/reduire-les-options-ce-que-la-recherche-permet-de-conclure-en",
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    "it": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/reduire-les-options-ce-que-la-recherche-permet-de-conclure-it"
  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/prise-de-decision/lausanne",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/lausanne",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}