Accidents and Decision Making under Uncertainty: A Comparison of Four Models

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 118-144

  Barkan, Rachel ^a   Zohar, Dov ^a   Erev, Ido ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 0001081515     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1998.2772     Document Type: Article

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