Reaching consensus on consensus: A study of the relationships between individual decision‐making styles and use of the consensus decision rule

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-79

  Sager, Kevin L ^a   Gastil, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus; decision rule; individual decision making style; procedural talk; small group decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645087783     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463379909370124     Document Type: Article

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