Effects of problem frame and gender on principals' decision making

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 397-413

  Miller, Paul M ^a   Fagley, Nancy S ^b   Casella, Nancy E ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision bias; Decision style; Framing effect; Gain loss framing; Gender differences; Principal decision making; Risky choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349485979     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-008-9087-6     Document Type: Article

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