Cognitive load and the equality heuristic: A two-stage model of resource overconsumption in small groups

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-212

  Roch, Sylvia G ^a   Lane, John A S ^b   Samuelson, Charles D ^b   Allison, Scott T ^c   Dent, Jennifer L ^d  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Resource dilemmas; social dilemmas; decision making; resource consumption; two stage model; cognitive processing; social value orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007151328     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.2000.2915     Document Type: Article

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