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A Behavioral Model of Public Organizations: Bounded Rationality, Performance Feedback, and Negativity Bias

Sounman Hong

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

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A comparison of alternative measures of organizational aspirations Philip Bromiley, Jared D. Harris · 2013
LEARNING FROM PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION, ASPIRATION LEVELS, AND MANAGERIAL PRIORITIES Poul Aaes Nielsen · 2013
The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012
Knowing Your Place: Social Performance Feedback in Good Times and Bad Times Thomas P. Moliterno et al. · 2014
VARIABLE ORGANIZATIONAL RISK PREFERENCES: TESTS OF THE MARCH-SHAPIRA MODEL. Kent D. Miller, Weiru Chen · 2004
Performance Gaps and Managerial Decisions: A Bayesian Decision Theory of Managerial Action Kenneth J. Meier, Nathan Favero, Ling Zhu · 2015
Organizational Aspirations, Reference Points, and Goals George A. Shinkle · 2011
A Behavioral Model of Innovative Search: Evidence from Public Hospital Services Torsten Oliver Salge · 2010

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Performance, Aspirations, and Risky Organizational Change Henrich R. Greve · 1998
Performance and Management in the Public Sector: Testing a Model of Relative Risk Aversion Sean Nicholson‐Crotty, Jill Nicholson‐Crotty, Sergio Fernández · 2016
Double standards? How historical and political aspiration levels guide managerial performance information use Jakob Majlund Holm · 2017
The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012
Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback Henrich R. Greve · 2003
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm Richard H. Day et al. · 1964
PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK, SLACK, AND THE TIMING OF ACQUISITIONS. Dinesh N. Iyer, Kent D. Miller · 2008

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