On the Virtues of Assuming Minimal Differences in Information Processing in Individuals and Groups

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 203-217

  Kerr, Norbert L ^a   Niedermeier, Keith E ^b   Kaplan, Martin F ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

jury; social combination; social decision scheme

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993728984     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430200003002006     Document Type: Article

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