The effects of variability and expectations on utilization of member expertise and group performance

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-101

  Baumann, Michael R ^a   Bonner, Bryan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Expertise; Group decision making; Group performance; Groups; Problem solving; Recognition of expertise; Utilization of expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842584491     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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