Decision's familiarity and strategic decision-making process output: The mediating impact of rationality of the decision-making process

International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-400

  Nooraie, Mahmood ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Decision process output; Decision's familiarity; Decision making process; Rational model of decision making; Strategic decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055099472     PISSN: 17558077     EISSN: 17558085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJADS.2011.043306     Document Type: Article

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