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Decision making stituations, particularly those involving societal issues, can pose very complex problems for practitioners and investigators from a broad spectrum of disciplines. In this paper, we present theoretical constructs and an organized general framework for studying such complex decision processes. The postulated facets are used in the construction of several hypotheses. Empirical evidence is presented which supports the hypotheses and argues for the viability of the proposed conceptual framework.
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Holsapple, C.W., Moskowitz, H. A conceptual framework for studying complex decision processes. Policy Sci 12, 83–104 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00137364
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