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Peer reviewedCallaway, Michael R.; Esser, James K. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1984
Tested Janis' groupthink formulation with 126 students by manipulating group cohesiveness and adequacy of decision procedures in a factorial design. Results showed highest quality decisions were produced by groups of intermediate cohesiveness. Highly cohesive groups without adequate decision procedures (the groupthink condition) tended to make the…
Descriptors: College Students, Decision Making, Group Unity, Higher Education
