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List of contents
Contents: A.P. Brief, J.P. Walsh, Series Foreword. Preface. Part I: An Introduction to Image Theory. L.R. Beach, T.R. Mitchell, The Basics of Image Theory. Part II: The Compatibility Test: Screening and Progress Decisions. L.R. Beach, E. Strom, A Toadstool Among the Mushrooms: Screening Decisions and Image Theory's Compatibility Test. L.R. Beach, C.P. Puto, S.E. Heckler, G. Naylor, T.A. Marble, Differential Versus Unit Weighting of Violations, Framing, and the Role of Probability in Image Theory's Compatibility Test. L. Benson, III, L.R. Beach, The Effects of Time Constraints on the Pre-Choice Screening of Decision Options. E.H. van Zee, T.F. Paluchowski, L.R. Beach, The Effects of Screening and Task Partitioning Upon Evaluations of Decision Options. R.E. Potter, L.R. Beach, Imperfect Information in Pre-Choice Screening of Options. R.E. Potter, L.R. Beach, Decision Making When the Acceptable Options Become Unavailable. K.J. Dunegan, Image Theory: Testing the Role of Image Compatibility in Progress Decisions. K.J. Dunegan, D. Duchon, D. Ashmos, Image Compatibility and the Use of Problem Space Information in Resource Allocation Decisions: Testing a Moderating Effects Model. D.H. Schepers, L.R. Beach, An Image Theory View of Worker Motivation. Part III: The Profitability Test: Choice. Introduction. L.R. Beach, T.R. Mitchell, A Contingency Model of the Selection of Decision Strategies. J.J.J. Christensen-Szalanski, Problem Solving Strategies: A Selection Mechanism, Some Implications, and Some Data. D.W. McAllister, T.R. Mitchell, L.R. Beach, The Contingency Model for the Selection of Decision Strategies: An Empirical Test of the Effects of Significance, Accountability, and Reversibility. Part IV: New Developments and New Directions. Introduction. K.A. Nelson, C.P. Puto, Using Image Theory to Examine Value-Laden Decisions: The Case of the Socially Responsible Consumer. K.A. Weatherly, L.R. Beach, Organizational Culture and Decision Making. C.K. Stevens, Image Theory and Career-Related Decisions: Finding and Selecting Occupations and Jobs. S.W. Gilliland, L. Benson, III, Differentiating Between Judgment and Choice: Using Image Theory's Compatibility Test. L.R. Beach, H. Jungermann, Image Theory and the Nature of Plans. T. Connolly, L.R. Beach, The Theory of Image Theory: An Examination of the Central Conceptual Structure. Part V: Conclusion. L.R. Beach, Looking to the Future. Author Index. Subject Index.
About the author
Lee Roy Beach
Summary
Decision making plays a major role in virtually every theory of organizational behavior. This book deals with different kind of behavioral theory - image theory. It offers an overview of image theory that outlines the basic concepts of the theory and a little of its history.
