Effects of Individual versus Mixed Individual and Group Experience in Rule Induction on Group Member Learning and Group Performance

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 621-648

  Brodbeck, Felix C ^a   Greitemeyer, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0034361782     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.2000.1423     Document Type: Article

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