Cognitive factions in a top management team: Surfacing and analyzing cognitive diversity using causal maps

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 537-566

  Tegarden, David P ^a   Tegarden, Linda F ^a   Sheetz, Steven D ^a  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

Author keywords

Casual path analysis; Causal maps; Cognitive diversity; Cognitive factions; GME analysis; Strategic planning process; Top management teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149102970     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: 15729907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10726-007-9099-1     Document Type: Article

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