Information Technology Support For Debiasing Group Judgments: An Empirical Evaluation

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 167-183

  Benbasat, Izak ^a   Lim, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 0041491422     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.2000.2905     Document Type: Article

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