Twenty-five years of hidden profiles in group decision making: A meta-analysis

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-75

  Lu, Li ^a   Yuan, Y Connie ^b   McLeod, Poppy Lauretta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

group decision making; hidden profile; information sharing; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055214087     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088868311417243     Document Type: Article

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