Microfoundations of Adaptive Search in Complex Tasks: The Role of Cognitive Abilities and Styles

The authors especially thank Sam MacAulay, Stephan Billinger, and Tomi Laamanen for providing valuable comments on previous versions of the paper. The authors also thank audiences at Aarhus University, the University of Southern Denmark, and the University of Passau, as well as participants at the 2019 Strategic Management Society (SMS) Special conference (Frankfurt) and 2020 Organization Science Special Issue conference for their helpful comments. In particular, the authors would like to thank the 2019 SMS special conference (Frankfurt) for nominating a prior version of this manuscript for the best paper award. The authors also thank the Interactive Minds Centre and Lars Frederiksen for their support and ScienceAtHome for programming the gamified task. Finally, the authors thank the four senior editors and four anonymous reviewers for their constructive, developmental comments and guidance throughout the process.