‘Social Sharedness’ as a Unifying Theme for Information Processing in Groups

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-140

  Tindale, R Scott ^a   Kameda, Tatsuya ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cognition; consensus; group performance; social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993737890     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430200003002002     Document Type: Article

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