Do you see what I see? The effect of members' cognitive styles on team processes and errors in task execution

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-99

  Aggarwal, Ishani ^a   Woolley, Anita Williams ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive diversity; Cognitive style; Errors; Strategic consensus; Strategic focus; Team performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878977632     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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