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Is Judgment Fatigable?: Considering the Case of Employee Selection Panels

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  • Patrick Bolton

    (Prince of Wales Hospital, University of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia)

  • Louise Thornthwaite

    (Department of Marketing and Management, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia)

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Decision fatigue theory asserts that judgment wanes with repeated decision-making because mental resources are depleted. Management consultants and journalists have taken up this concept with considerable vigour, based on limited empirical evidence. This paper challenges that theory. The authors' study sought to demonstrate decision fatigue in public sector employee selection panels composed of multiple decision makers who made multiple serial decisions. They found little evidence that the judgment of individual decision makers was swayed by fatigue.

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  • Patrick Bolton & Louise Thornthwaite, 2015. "Is Judgment Fatigable?: Considering the Case of Employee Selection Panels," International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics (IJABE), IGI Global, vol. 4(4), pages 36-51, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jabe00:v:4:y:2015:i:4:p:36-51
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