Using an influence level of information to explain the non-consensus process loss

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 281-291

  Martz Jr , Wm Benjamin ^a   Shepherd, Morgan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus; Group decision support systems; Influence level of information; Process losses in groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141680430     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015654432431     Document Type: Article

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