Complex problem solving after unstructured discussion: Effects of information distribution and experience

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-515

  Meyer, Bertolt ^a   Scholl, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex problem solving; Knowledge exchange; Team learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449579434     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430209105045     Document Type: Article

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