Investment decisions by individuals and groups in 'Sunk Cost' situations: The potential impact of shared representations

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-189

  Smith, Christine M ^a   Tindale, R Scott ^b   Steiner, Linda ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Group decision making; Shared representations; Sunk cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142018618     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430298012005     Document Type: Article

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