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Subjective Expected Utility: A Model of Decision-Making.

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Fischoff, Baruch; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1981

Outlines a model of decision making known to researchers in the field of behavioral decision theory (BDT) as subjective expected utility (SEU). The descriptive and predictive validity of the SEU model, probability and values assessment using SEU, and decision contexts are examined, and a 54-item reference list is provided. (JL)

Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Context Effect, Decision Making, Information Processing

Management by Grid Principles or Situationalism: Which?

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Blake, Robert R.; Mouton, Jane S. – Group and Organization Studies, 1981

Attempts to resolve the leadership theory controversy between situationalism and the one-best-way approach. Indicates the validity of the latter and the lack of predictive value of the former. Results indicated administrators chose the 9,9 alternative and rejected situationally prescribed answers, reflecting a management by principles (behavioral…

Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research