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Can Managers Be Trained to Make Better Decisions?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Kristine M. Kuhn*
Affiliation:
Washington State University
*
E-mail: [email protected], Address: Department of Management, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4736.

Abstract

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Commentaries
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2010 

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