Groupthink: Deciding with the leader and the devil

Psychological Record

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 581-590

  Chen, Zenglo ^a   Lawson, Robert B ^b   Gordon, Lawrence R ^c   McIntosh, Barbara ^c  

^a RHR International Company   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0030524673     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395186     Document Type: Article

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