The influence of group decision making on indecisiveness-related decisional confidence

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-175

  Patalano, Andrea L ^a   LeClair, Zachary ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence; Group decision making; Indecisiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952833296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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