Guidelines and feedback in information exchange: The impact of behavioral anchors and descriptive norms in a social dilemma

Group Dynamics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-53

  Cress, Ulrike ^a   Kimmerle, Joachim ^a  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anchors; Guidelines; Information exchange; Shared databases; Social dilemma; Social standards

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 33947663628     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.11.1.42     Document Type: Article

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