Effects of Social Context on Consensus and Majority Vote Decision Making.

1 September 1983

journal article
Published by Academy of Management in The Academy of Management Journal

Vol. 26 (3) , 500-506
https://doi.org/10.2307/256261

Abstract

A laboratory study of group decision making found that social context (competitive or cooperative) and decision strategy (consensus or majority voting) affected decision acceptance, understanding, decision time, and affective reactions to the group, although decision quality was not affected.

Keywords

DECISION MAKING
SOCIAL CONTEXT
COOPERATIVE
COMPETITIVE
GROUP DECISION
CONSENSUS OR MAJORITY
CONTEXT ON CONSENSUS
MAJORITY VOTE DECISION

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