Mutual enhancement: Toward an understanding of the collective preference for shared information

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 967-978

  Wittenbaum, Gwen M ^a   Hubbell, Anne P ^b   Zuckerman, Cynthia ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033416733     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.77.5.967     Document Type: Article

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