Academic discipline and risk perception of technologies: An empirical study

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 487-499

  Weisenfeld, Ursula ^a   Ott, Ingrid ^b,c  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic disciplines; Career choice; Risk perception; Self selection; Socialization; Technologies

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES; CAREER CHOICE; CAREER PATHS; DECISION MAKERS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; PERCEIVED RISK; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SELF-SELECTION; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIETAL RISKS;

EDUCATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 79951942301     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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