Which Members Will Take Risks?

In assembling a project team, understanding how its members will respond to difficult situations can help enormously to get the job done. Identifying risk takers and those who are not can allow managers to divide up the project tasks more efficiently. This research study suggests that people with high cognitive ability are less likely to be risk averse.

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