Attention-shaping tools, expertise, and perceived control in IT project risk assessment

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 269-283

  Du, Stephen ^a   Keil, Mark ^a   Mathiassen, Lars ^a   Shen, Yide ^a   Tiwana, Amrit ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention shaping tools; Decision making; IT project risk assessment; Perceived control; Project management; Software expertise

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION SHAPING TOOLS; IT PROJECT RISK ASSESSMENT; PERCEIVED CONTROL; SOFTWARE EXPERTISE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33846059407     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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