Attentional triangulation: Learning from unexpected rare crises

Organization Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 876-893

  Rerup, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Design; Multilevel research; Organizational learning; Rare events; Weak cues

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049119967     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0467     Document Type: Article

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