In-group variability and motivation to reduce subjective uncertainty

Group Dynamics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 184-198

  Jetten, J ^a   Hogg, M A ^a   Mullin, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034524754     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.4.2.184     Document Type: Article

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