TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality and Quantity Goals in a Complex Decision Task
T2 - Strategies and Outcomes
AU - Gilliland, Stephen W.
AU - Landis, Ronald S.
PY - 1992/10
Y1 - 1992/10
N2 - Issues related to quality goals, quantity goals, and strategy development were examined in a complex decision task. 160 undergraduates used a computer program to select stocks for investments. Manipulated variables included task difficulty, quantity-goal difficulty, and quality-goal difficulty. Differences among participants' information-search strategies were identified and analyzed. A quantity-goal effect on performance quantity, a 3-way interaction on performance quality, and a number of effects for search-strategy variables were found. Implications and future research directions are presented and discussed.
AB - Issues related to quality goals, quantity goals, and strategy development were examined in a complex decision task. 160 undergraduates used a computer program to select stocks for investments. Manipulated variables included task difficulty, quantity-goal difficulty, and quality-goal difficulty. Differences among participants' information-search strategies were identified and analyzed. A quantity-goal effect on performance quantity, a 3-way interaction on performance quality, and a number of effects for search-strategy variables were found. Implications and future research directions are presented and discussed.
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U2 - 10.1037/0021-9010.77.5.672
DO - 10.1037/0021-9010.77.5.672
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:21144483674
SN - 0021-9010
VL - 77
SP - 672
EP - 681
JO - Journal of Applied Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Psychology
IS - 5
ER -