When needs outweigh desires: The effects of resource interdependence and reward interdependence on group problem solving

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-56

  Fan, Elliott T ^a   Gruenfeld, Deborah H ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032350229     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2001_5     Document Type: Article

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