Collective efficacy and vigilant problem solving in group decision making: A non-linear model

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-129

  Tasa, Kevin ^a   Whyte, Glen ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Group decision making; Group performance; Group processes; Groupthink; Vigilant problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 15044344560     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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