Informative intervention to improve normative functioning and output of groups

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-193

  Crott, Helmut W ^a   Hansmann, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conformity; Decision making; Group decision; Group technique; Interaction process; Overconfidence; Task difficulty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141753124     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1421-0185.62.3.177     Document Type: Article

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