Group members as actors and observers in attributions of responsibility for group performance

Small Group Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-71

  Wallace, Dana M ^a   Hinsz, Verlin B ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor observer bias; Attribution; Group; Group attribution; Pooled performance task

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149170473     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496408326576     Document Type: Article

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