An Empirical Test of Thompson's Model of Strategic Choice‪.‬

I. INTRODUCTION Research finds that decision-making involves intelligence gathering, direction setting, option identification, strategic choice, and implementation (e.g., Mintzberg et al., 1976; Nutt, 1984; Hickson et al., 1986; Harrison and Phillips, 1991; Eisenhardt and Zbaracki, 1992). This research effort considers the "strategic choice " step in which decision makers evaluate their options to select a course of action.