Avoiding groupthink: Whereas weakly identified members remain silent, strongly identified members dissent about collective problems: Short report

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 546-548

  Packer, Dominic J ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HUMANS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 65549145097     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02333.x     Document Type: Article

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