General risk propensity in multifaceted business decisions: Scale development

Journal of Managerial Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-106

  Hung, Kuo Ting ^a   Tangpong, Chanchai ^b  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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