Individual Expectations for Group Decision Processes: Evidence for Overestimation of Majority Influence

Group Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 235-254

  Ladbury, Jared L ^a   Hinsz, Verlin B ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision strategies; expectations; group decision processes; social decision schemes

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149161566     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015424     Document Type: Article

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