Collective estimation: Accuracy, expertise, and extroversion as sources of intra-group influence

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-133

  Bonner, Bryan L ^a   Sillito, Sheli D ^a   Baumann, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Group decision making; Intra group influence; Social decision schemes; Social permutation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247210988     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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