“WALKING UNDER A LADDER”: SUPERSTITION AND RITUAL AS A COGNITIVE BIAS IN MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING
“WALKING UNDER A LADDER”: SUPERSTITION AND RITUAL AS A COGNITIVE BIAS IN MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING
Author(s): Murray Hunter, Yoshifumi HaradaSubject(s): Economy
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: cognitive bias; heuristics; superstition; decision making; culture; assumptions; mental maps
Summary/Abstract: This article looks at superstition as an influence upon decision making. The article briefly describes the phenomenon of superstition, its probable origins and affects on assumptions, before explaining how superstitions work into our mental maps. Finally three categories of superstition are defined.
Journal: Economics, Management, and Financial Markets
- Issue Year: 7/2012
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 34-41
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
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