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Radical leaders, moderate followers: Effects of alternative strategies on achieving consensus for action in simulated crowdsFootnote*

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Pages 91-115 | Published online: 26 Aug 2010

  • 1988 . Paper prepared for presentation at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association . August 1988 , Atlanta. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Taft Faculty Fund at the University of Cincinnati. This research owes its inspiration to a question raised by Pamela Oliver in her response to an earlier paper of ours. Any errors remain ours

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  • Paper prepared for presentation at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, August, 1988. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Taft Faculty Fund at the University of Cincinnati. This research owes its inspiration to a question raised by Pamela Oliver in her response to an earlier paper of ours. Any errors remain ours.

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