Group decision making in hidden profile situations: Dissent as a facilitator for decision quality

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1080-1093

  Schulz Hardt, Stefan ^a   Brodbeck, Felix C ^b,d   Mojzisch, Andreas ^a   Kerschreiter, Rudolf ^a,c   Frey, Dieter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissent; Group decision making; Hidden profile; Information pooling; Minority influence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33845243955     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.91.6.1080     Document Type: Article

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