Conducting Studies of Decision Making in Organizational Contexts: A Tutorial for Policy-Capturing and Other Regression-Based Techniques

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 388-414

  Aiman Smith, Lynda ^a   Scullen, Steven E ^a   Barr, Steve H ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036393119     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109442802237117     Document Type: Article

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