Decision-making and behavior fluidity: How focus on completion and emphasis on safety changes over the course of projects

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-27

  Humphrey, Stephen E ^a   Moon, Henry ^b   Conlon, Donald E ^a   Hofmann, David A ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Goal substitution; Project completion; Safety; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 1042303101     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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