Discussion and perception of information in groups and judge-advisor systems

Communication Monographs

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-120

  Van Swol, Lyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Advice; Common information bias; Group decision making; Information sampling; Unshared information

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349189020     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637750802378781     Document Type: Article

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