Theory and research on small group performance and decision making is reviewed. Recent
trends in group performance research have found that process gains as well as losses are …

This article expands the view of groups as information processors into a motivated
information processing in groups (MIP-G) model by emphasizing, first, the mixed-motive …

" More information is always better, and full information is best. More computation is always
better, and optimization is best." More-is-better ideals such as these have long shaped our …

Five university-based research groups competed to recruit forecasters, elicit their
predictions, and aggregate those predictions to assign the most accurate probabilities to …

Updating and extending the work of O'Leary-Kelly, Martocchio, and Frink (1994), with this
meta-analysis on goal setting and group performance we show that specific difficult goals …

Names: Thompson, Leigh L., author. Title: Making the team: a guide for managers/Leigh L.
Thompson, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Description: Sixth …

We review the literature to identify common problems of decision-making in individuals and
groups. We are guided by a Bayesian framework to explain the interplay between past …

This volume critically evaluates more than a century of empirical research on the
effectiveness of small, task-performing groups, and offers a fresh look at the costs and …

Virtual teams, ie, work groups in which members collaborate from distant locations
predominantly based on electronic communication media, are increasingly introduced in …

For over 25 years An Introduction to Social Psychology has been combining traditional
academic rigor with a contemporary level of cohesion, accessibility, pedagogy and instructor …