Effective matrices, decision frames, and cooperation in volunteer dilemmas: A theoretical perspective on academic peer review

Organization Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1277-1285

  Northcraft, Gregory B ^a   Tenbrunsel, Ann E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Decision frames; Peer review; Social dilemmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255167582     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0607     Document Type: Article

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