Toward a scientific inquiry into superstitious business decision-making

Organization Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 923-946

  Tsang, Eric W K ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese business; Decision making; Feng shui; Rationality; Superstition; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242757490     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840604042405     Document Type: Article

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