The Illusion of Leadership: Misattribution of Cause in Coordination Games

Organization Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 582-598

  Weber, Roberto ^a   Camerer, Colin ^a   Rottenstreich, Yuval ^a   Knez, Marc ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Attribution Errors; Coordination; Game Theory; Leadership; Mutualism; Synergy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035623711     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.12.5.582.10090     Document Type: Article

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