The debiasing effect of counterfactual mind-sets: Increasing the search for disconfirmatory information in group decisions

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-81

  Kray, Laura J ^a   Galinsky, Adam D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038636339     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-5978(02)00534-4     Document Type: Review

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