The effects of personality and media differences on the performance of dyads addressing a cognitive conflict task

Small Group Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 667-701

  Topi, Heikki ^a   Valacich, Joseph S ^b   Rao, Madhu T ^c  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036451751     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496402238620     Document Type: Article

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