Cooperativeness vs competitiveness: Initial findings regarding effects on the performance of individual and group problem-solving

Psychological Reports

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 355-365

  Kline, Theresa J B ^a,b   Sell, Yvonne P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 1842532812     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.79.2.355     Document Type: Article

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