Explaining routinized decision making: A review of theories and models

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 453-488

  Betsch, Tilmann ^a   Haberstroh, Susanne ^a   Hühle, Cornelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

decision; habit; learning; past behavior; routine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036371729     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354302012004294     Document Type: Article

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