Knowing Others' Preferences Degrades the Quality of Group Decisions

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 794-808

  Mojzisch, Andreas ^a   Schulz Hardt, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Junior Research Group Evolution of Cooperation and Prosocial Behaviour   (Germany)

Author keywords

decision quality; group decision making; hidden profile; information pooling; preference exchange

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953165151     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017627     Document Type: Article

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