Group composition and decision making: How member familiarity and information distribution affect process and performance

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-15

  Gruenfeld, Deborah H ^a   Mannix, Elizabeth A ^b   Williams, Katherine Y ^b   Neale, Margaret A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030188303     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1996.0061     Document Type: Article

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