Avoiding missed opportunities in managerial life: Analogical training more powerful than individual case training

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-75

  Thompson, Leigh ^a   Gentner, Dedre ^a   Loewenstein, Jeffrey ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; transfer; negotiation; case study; comparison; advice; performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002345262     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.2000.2887     Document Type: Article

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