Risk-Taking Behavior

• Author(s): Jacques Frank Yates,
• Publisher: Wiley
• Pages: 345
• ISBN_10: 0471922501
  ISBN_13: 9780471922506
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Decision-Making & Problem Solving , Psychology / General , Psychology / Applied Psychology , Psychology / Industrial & Organizational Psychology , Psychology / Mental Health ,

Description:... Provides a single source of current information which critically reviews and synthesizes scholarship on risk-taking behavior by cutting across multiple contexts and points of view. Offers detailed insights into concepts of risk, changes in risk-taking over the life cycle, research on the issue of risk-taking in group settings, models and evidence concerning people's behavior as well as recommendations on adapting design considerations and personnel training to encourage more appropriate risk-taking behavior and future research on this subject.