Too Close or Too Far Hurts: Cognitive Distance and Group Cognitive Synergy

Small Group Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 471-497

  Meslec, Nicoleta ^a   Curşeu, Petru Lucian ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cognitive distance; group cognitive synergy; group rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884187410     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496413491988     Document Type: Article

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