Social decision schemes and group processes: Some impacts on decision making

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 4-17

  Nel, Deon ^a   Pitt, Leyland F ^b   Berthon, Pierre ^b   Prendergast, Gerard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Groups; Interaction; Marketing; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244489093     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683949610129712     Document Type: Article

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