2022 Foundations

Search in Response to Negative Performance Feedback: Problem-Definition and Solution-Generation

Joris van der Voet

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

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LEARNING FROM PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION, ASPIRATION LEVELS, AND MANAGERIAL PRIORITIES Poul Aaes Nielsen · 2013
Performance Gaps and Managerial Decisions: A Bayesian Decision Theory of Managerial Action Kenneth J. Meier, Nathan Favero, Ling Zhu · 2015
Self-Enhancement and Learning from Performance Feedback Alexander Jordan, Pino G. Audia · 2012
Managerial Risk, Innovation, and Organizational Decline Scott Latham, Michael Braun · 2008
A Behavioral Model of Innovative Search: Evidence from Public Hospital Services Torsten Oliver Salge · 2010
Renewing Research on Problemistic Search—A Review and Research Agenda Hart E. Posen et al. · 2017
Double standards? How historical and political aspiration levels guide managerial performance information use Jakob Majlund Holm · 2017
A Behavioral Model of Public Organizations: Bounded Rationality, Performance Feedback, and Negativity Bias Sounman Hong · 2018

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