A timidity error in evaluations: Evaluators judge others to be too risk averse
Volume: 90, Issue: 1, Pages: 50 - 62
Published: Jan 1, 2003
Abstract
Managers often lament that their employees are risk averse and do not take sufficient risks. While in some instances employees might in fact be too risk averse, we explore situations in which managers may incorrectly judge their employees to be overly risk averse or timid. In two studies, we find evidence of a timidity error in evaluations—evaluators judge target decision makers to be risk averse, even when the targets are actually employing a...
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Title
A timidity error in evaluations: Evaluators judge others to be too risk averse
Published Date
Jan 1, 2003
Volume
90
Issue
1
Pages
50 - 62
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