Information sampling and group decision making: The effects of an advocacy decision procedure and task experience

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-42

  Greitemeyer, Tobias ^a   Schulz Hardt, Stefan ^b,e   Brodbeck, Felix C ^c   Frey, Dieter ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Economic and Social Psychology Unit   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dialectical techniques; Group decision making; Hidden profile; Information sampling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; REVIEW;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33644983866     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.12.1.31     Document Type: Review

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