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Alternative logics for decision making in social settings

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A study was conducted to examine the hypothesis that conventional and consequentialist models of decision making are not enough to account for human decision making. Focus was on J.G. March's decision making theory which stated that decision making in social situations is based on appropriateness or the construal of the situation. Results illustrated some differences between the viewing decision making from the more traditional perspective and from the appropriateness, identity and rule-based choice perspective proposed by March.

Criticism and interpretation, March, J.G.

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Estimating the neighborhood influence on decision makers: Theory and an application on the analysis of innovation decisions

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The authors use Monte Carlo simulations to show that German managers make decisions that are similar to those of their neighbors.

Germany, Management-Creativity, Business creativity

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Let's get personal: an international examination of the influence of communication, culture and social distance on other regarding preferences

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Implications of social distance, culture and communication on trust, reciprocity and altruism are examined.

United States, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Ethics, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Ethical aspects, Communication, Communications, Culture, Altruism, Altruism (Human behavior), Communication and culture, Trust (Psychology), Civilization, Social distance

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