Why Groups are less Effective than their Members: On Productivity Losses in Idea-generating Groups

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 271-303

  Stroebe, Wolfgang ^a   Diehl, Michael ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 0001496355     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14792779543000084     Document Type: Article

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