A theoretical study of organizational performance under information distortion

Management Science

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 976-997

  Carley, Kathleen M ^a   Lin, Zhiang ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Organizations; Performance; Simulation; Stress

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

AGENT TURNOVER; AGENT UNAVAILABILITY; COMMUNICATION CHANNEL BREAKDOWNS; INCORRECT INFORMATION; INFORMATION DISTORTION; MISSING INFORMATION; ORGANIZATIONS;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0031176859     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.43.7.976     Document Type: Article

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