Effects of task difficulty on use of advice

Gino (2007) · Journal of Behavioral Decision Making · Read the paper

[abstract only; full text not retrieved, 2026-10-19] Gino, F., & Moore, D. A. (2007). 'Effects of task difficulty on use of advice.' Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 20(1), 21-35. doi:10.1002/bdm.539. Author order confirmed at the OpenAlex item record: Gino first, Moore second, both at the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University at the time. THE FINDING THE ARTICLE NEEDS, AND IT IS THE ONE THAT BREAKS THE WORKING TITLE: two studies found that people give more weight to advice on difficult tasks and less on easy ones, overweighting on difficult and underweighting on easy, AND THAT THIS HELD REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ADVICE WAS AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDED OR HAD TO BE SOUGHT OUT. So

[abstract only; full text not retrieved, 2026-10-19] Gino, F., & Moore, D. A. (2007). 'Effects of task difficulty on use of advice.' Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 20(1), 21-35. doi:10.1002/bdm.539. Author order confirmed at the OpenAlex item record: Gino first, Moore second, both at the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University at the time. THE FINDING THE ARTICLE NEEDS, AND IT IS THE ONE THAT BREAKS THE WORKING TITLE: two studies found that people give more weight to advice on difficult tasks and less on easy ones, overweighting on difficult and underweighting on easy, AND THAT THIS HELD REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ADVICE WAS AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDED OR HAD TO BE SOUGHT OUT. So

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Gino, F., & Moore, D. A. (2007). Effects of task difficulty on use of advice. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 20(1), 21-35. doi:10.1002/bdm.539.