Coping with unfavorable attribute values in choice
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An analysis of how decision-makers cope with unfavourable attribute values in choice is presented. The coping mechanism in such situations appears to be choosing the higher quality alternative.
Publication Name: Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0749-5978
Year: 2000
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When time is money: decision behavior under opportunity-cost time pressure
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Many organizations recognize that unnecessary delays in decision-making can result in high opportunity costs. They are instituting measures to ensure that decisions are made on time to avoid such delay. operations. One attractive alternative decision-making strategy is the lexicographic choice rule. Experiments are performed to test the adaptivity of actual decision behavior to the presence or absence of opportunity-cost time pressure.
Publication Name: Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0749-5978
Year: 1996
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Choice-process satisfaction: the influence of attribute alignability and option limitation
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Choice-process satisfaction is conditioned by restrictions on choice options. Satisfaction is higher for situations where desired options can be compared, while the elimination of an attractive option reduces satisfaction. However, the satisfaction decrease that such restrictions on options generate is determined by the alignability of the features that helps an individual discriminate among available options.
Publication Name: Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0749-5978
Year: 1999
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