The existential center of small groups: Member's conduct and interaction

Small Group Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-358

  Bonito, Joseph A ^a   Sanders, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

data analysis; decision making; group interaction; social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955693202     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496410385472     Document Type: Article

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