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Peer reviewedMurrell, Audrey J.; And Others – Journal of Business Communication, 1993
Compares decision processes of consensus and devil's advocacy within an additive task, a disjunctive task, and a conjunctive task structure. Finds that high-conflict decision processes such as devil's advocacy enhances decision making in disjunctive tasks, retards decision making in additive tasks, but has no effect on decision making in…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Group Behavior
Peer reviewedOetzel, John G. – Human Communication Research, 1998
Investigates the effective decision-making theory's (EDMT) prediction that cultural individualism-collectivism, self-construal, and group composition influence turn-taking behavior and conflict behavior in small groups. Finds, for example, that independent self-construal is a predictor of the number of turns and competitive conflict tactics in…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Community Colleges, Cultural Influences, Cultural Relevance
