Responses to adversarial situations and collective intelligence

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 978-983

  Woolley, Anita Williams ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective intelligence; Strategic orientation; Terrorist threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052893391     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.753     Document Type: Note

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