Influences on strategic decision effectiveness: Development and test of an integrative model

@article{Elbanna2007InfluencesOS,
  title={Influences on strategic decision effectiveness: Development and test of an integrative model},
  author={Said Elbanna and John Child},
  journal={Southern Medical Journal},
  year={2007},
  volume={28},
  pages={431-453}
}
This paper draws upon three broad perspectives on the strategic decision-making process in order to develop a more completely specified model of strategic decision effectiveness in a different context, namely Egypt. The key variables in this model consist of three strategic decision-making process dimensions (rationality, intuition, and political behavior); seven moderating variables concerning decision-specific, environmental, and organizational factors; and strategic decision effectiveness as… 
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