Achievement Motivation and Risk- Taking in a Business Setting: A Study of the Relationship Between Achievement Related Motives and Risktaking Behavior in a Simulated Business SituationGeneral Electric, Relations Services, Behavior Research Service, 1961 - Decision-making process - 24 pages |
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