The illusion of group productivity: A reduction of failures explanation

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-48

  Nijstad, Bernard A ^a   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^b   Lodewijkx, Hein F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 32244440415     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.295     Document Type: Article

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