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A descriptive investigation of the possible communication‐based reasons for effective and ineffective group decision making

Randy Y. Hirokawa Assistant professor of speech communication, Pennsylvania State University,
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Roger Pace Doctoral candidate at Pennsylvania State University,
Pages 363-379 | Published online: 02 Jun 2009

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