Judging Relative Importance: Direct Rating and Point Allocation Are Not Equivalent

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-72

  Doyle, John R ^a   Green, Rodney H ^a   Bottomley, Paul A ^a  

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EID: 0002191481     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1997.2694     Document Type: Article

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