The Social Context of Decisions

Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue , 2016, Pages 441-467

  Larrick, Richard P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral decision theory; cognitive diversity; group decision making; heuristics and biases; social influence; wisdom of crowds

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030558180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23270608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-041015-062445     Document Type: Review

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