Is collective intelligence (mostly) the General Factor of Personality? A comment on Woolley, Chabris, Pentland, Hashmi and Malone (2010)

Intelligence

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 79-81

  Woodley, Michael A ^a   Bell, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRESCIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

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EID: 79953091330     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2011.01.004     Document Type: Editorial

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