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Cline, Timothy R.; Cline, Rebecca J. – Southern Speech Communication Journal, 1979
Identifies and compares the patterns of communication of groups making risky and cautious decision shifts. Risky- and cautious-shift group discussions displayed nonrandom and statistically different distributional and sequential structures. Findings are discussed in terms of two explanations of the risky- shift phenomenon. (JMF)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Decision Making, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics