Individual postdecision processes in group settings

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-158

  Hammarberg, Anders ^a   Svenson, Ola ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Humanities and Social Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conflict; Group decision making; Postdecision processes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034203460     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00182     Document Type: Article

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