Do groups exclude others more readily than individuals in coalition formation?

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-67

  van Beest, Ilja ^a,b   Andeweg, Rudy B ^a,b   Koning, Lukas ^a,b   van Lange, Paul A M ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Free University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalition formation; Discontinuity effect; Exclusion; Multiparty negotiation; Social value orientations

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149086038     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430207084846     Document Type: Article

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