Reconceptualizing the determinants of risk behavior

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Past research has resulted in contradictory findings concerning the effect of risk on decision-making behavior in organizations. This article proposes a model that reconciles these unresolved contradictions by examining the usefulness of placing risk propensity and risk perception in a more central role than has been previously recognized. Based on this analysis, it is posited that risk propensity dominates both the actual and perceived characteristics of the situation as a determinant of risk behavior. Propositions derived from the conceptual model provide an agenda for future research on individual risk behavior in organizational settings. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Risk-taking (Psychology), Risk taking, Risk perception

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The use of participant recollection in the modeling of organizational decision processes

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Models of organizational decision processes based on participant recollection and models based on other data sources, including analysis of meeting transcripts, archival data and field observations, differ in two fundamental ways evident through use of several specific decision process models. The first is the basic nature of the decision-making process, and the second is the purposefulness of the process, in simpler terms they can be referred to as the 'how' and the 'why' of the processes. Potentially-viable reasons for the differences in the models developed from various data sources are described, and directions for future research on organizational decision making are discussed.

Social aspects, Analysis, Organizational effectiveness, Decision-making, Group, Group decision making, organizational behavior

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Enhancing Organizational Research Utilization

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Methods of bridging the gap between organizational research and decision making practice are proposed. There are assumptional differences between knowledge creation and knowledge utilization activities. The difference between managerial and research frames of reference is highlighted. Six frames of reference components are identified. These are cognitive elements, cognitive operators, reality tests, cognitive map of the domain of inquiry, degree of articulation and metaphors. Implications for the use of organizational research are noted. Strategies for generating useful research are suggested.

Organizational research, Organizational Behavior

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