The mixed effects of inconsistency on experimentation in organizations

Organization Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Lee, Fiona ^a   Edmondson, Amy C ^b   Thomke, Stefan ^b   Worline, Monica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluative pressure; Experimentation; Inconsistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142692490     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1040.0076     Document Type: Article

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