Tackling the Monday-morning quarterback: Applications of hindsight bias in decision-making settings

Social Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-47

  Louie, Therese A ^a,b   Rajan, Mahesh N ^a,b   Sibley, Robert E ^a,b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Information Systems Department   (United States)

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EID: 35548972447     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2007.25.1.32     Document Type: Article

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