Taking the Easy Way Out: Preference Diversity, Decision Strategies, and Decision Refusal in Groups

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 860-870

  Nijstad, Bernard A ^a   Kaps, Silvia C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

decision refusal; group decision making; preference diversity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 43249097006     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.94.5.860     Document Type: Article

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