Consensus versus Devil's Advocacy: The Influence of Decision Process and Task Structure on Strategic Decision Making.

Murrell, Audrey J.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ470269

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Publication Date: 1993

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Consensus versus Devil's Advocacy: The Influence of Decision Process and Task Structure on Strategic Decision Making.

Murrell, Audrey J.; And Others

Journal of Business Communication, v30 n4 p399-414 Oct 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 conjunctive tasks. (SR)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Group Structure, Higher Education

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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