A multiattribute evaluation approach to structural change in resource dilemmas
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Those making decisions in public life are often faced with the dilemma of allocating limited resources equitably for the greatest public good. One method of tackling this dilemma is to change or get rid of the structures which hamper decision making such as incentives. The likelihood of change when dilemmas over resourcing occur appear according to some research to be a complicated set of interactions.
Publication Name: Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0749-5978
Year: 1993
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The negotiated allocation of benefits and burdens: the impact of outcome violence, contribution, and relationship
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The negotiated allocation of benefits and burdens are examined. Results show that different norms of distributive justice are used in the negotiation of benefits and burdens. Equity is often used for burden instead of benefit allocation. The effectiveness of agreements also increase in long-term relationships and when subjects contribute unequally to the resources.
Publication Name: Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0749-5978
Year: 1995
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Upper and lower bound evaluation of multiattribute objects: comparison models using linear programming
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Three upper-bound and three lower-bound models of comparison are studied to shown that everyday thinking involves comparisons between an object and the best of the rest, the average of the rest, and the worst of the rest. The application of the models in marketing, decision analysis, social cognition and negotiation are also discussed.
Publication Name: Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0749-5978
Year: 1995
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