When should I trust my gut? Linking domain expertise to intuitive decision-making effectiveness

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-194

  Dane, Erik ^a   Rockmann, Kevin W ^b   Pratt, Michael G ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Decision making effectiveness; Domain expertise; Intuition; Task characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866616652     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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