Effects of group decision rules on decisions involving continuous alternatives: The unanimity rule and extreme decisions in mock civil juries

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 320-331

  Ohtsubo, Yohsuke ^a   Miller, Charles E ^b   Hayashi, Nahoko ^c   Masuchi, Ayumi ^d  

^a NARA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAI GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Civil jury; Group decision making; Group decision rule; Majority rule; Unanimity rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342475268     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2003.07.005     Document Type: Article

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