From cooperative to motivated information sharing in groups: Moving beyond the hidden profile paradigm

Communication Monographs

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 286-310

  Wittenbaum, Gwen M ^a   Hollingshead, Andrea B ^b   Botero, Isabel C ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Group decision making; Group goals; Hidden profile; Information sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 11044227160     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0363452042000299894     Document Type: Review

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