When does diversity trump ability (and vice versa) in group decision making? a simulation study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Luan, Shenghua ^a   Katsikopoulos, Konstantinos V ^a   Reimer, Torsten ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GROUP DYNAMICS; GROUP STRUCTURE; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; APTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

APTITUDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS;

EID: 84857136063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031043     Document Type: Article

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