When is "enough" enough? Modeling the information-seeking and stopping behavior of senior arts administrators

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-35

  Zach, Lisl ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIORS; MANAGEMENT TASKS; RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY; SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS;

DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSEUMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 11144290702     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20092     Document Type: Article

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