Information Pooling: When It Impacts Group Decision Making

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 371-377

  Winquist, Jennifer R ^a   Larson Jr , James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0032358561     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.2.371     Document Type: Article

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