Investigation of risk perception and risk propensity on the decision to continue a software development project

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-157

  Keil, Mark ^a   Wallace, Linda ^b,f   Turk, Dan ^c   Dixon Randall, Gayle ^d   Nulden, Urban ^e  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION SYSTEM; RISK PROPENSITY; SOFTWARE PROJECT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034250223     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(00)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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