Exploration versus exploitation: Emotions and performance as antecedents and consequences of team decisions

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 985-1001

  Døjbak Håkonsson, Dorthe ^a   Eskildsen, Jacob Kjær ^a   Argote, Linda ^b   Mønster, Dan ^a   Burton, Richard M ^c   Obel, Børge ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; emotions; exploration and exploitation; performance; teams

Indexed keywords

PLANNING;

CAUSAL INFERENCES; EMOTIONS; EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION; LABORATORY STUDIES; PERFORMANCE; POSITIVE EMOTIONS; STRATEGIC DECISIONS; TEAMS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84930606226     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2380     Document Type: Article

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