So Right It's Wrong: Groupthink and the Ubiquitous Nature of Polarized Group Decision Making

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2005, Pages 219-253

  Baron, Robert S ^a  

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EID: 33645910199     PISSN: 00652601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2601(05)37004-3     Document Type: Article

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