Cognitive control capabilities, routinization propensity, and decision-making performance

Organization Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1111-1133

  Laureiro Martinez, Daniella ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Cognitive control capabilities; Decision making; Microfoundations; Routines; Routinization propensity; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904875981     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2014.0899     Document Type: Article

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