The dissemination of critical, unshared information in decision-making groups: The effects of pre-discussion dissent

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-56

  Brodbeck, Felix C ^a   Kerschreiter, Rudolf ^b   Mojzisch, Andreas ^b   Frey, Dieter ^b   Schulz Hardt, Stefan ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0036114817     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.74     Document Type: Article

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