Productivity Loss in Brainstorming Groups: A Meta-Analytic Integration

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 3-23

  Mullen, Brian ^a   Johnson, Craig ^a   Salas, Eduardo ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Naval Training Systems Center ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84877804971     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: 15324834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp1201_1     Document Type: Article

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