Persistence in brainstorming: Exploring stop rules in same-sex groups

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-206

  Nijstad, Bernard A ^a   van Vianen, Annelies E M ^a   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^b   Lodewijkx, Hein F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brainstorming; Gender differences; Persistence; Stop rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 28744450448     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430204046107     Document Type: Article

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