Eliciting implicit paradigms in allocating resources: “Satisficing” performance and “illusion of control”

Management Decision

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-54

  Neil, Thomas C ^a   Martz, Ben ^b   Biscaccanti, Alessandro ^c  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c BURGUNDY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (France)

Author keywords

Control; Decision making; Performance criteria; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848849274     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740410511036     Document Type: Article

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