Making good sense: Assessing the quality of risky decision-making

Organization Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 181-203

  Winch, Graham M ^a   Maytorena, Eunice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive mapping; Heuristics and biases; Project risk management; Risky decision making; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849185820     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840608101476     Document Type: Article

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