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Groupthink

Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome. Cohesiveness, or the desire for cohesiveness, in a group may produce a tendency among its members to agree at all costs. This causes the group to…

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related to Articles · 83
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Groupthink → Advisors, Albany, Amsterdam, Ann Arbor, Basic Books, Beyond Groupthink, Boston, Brothers Publishers, Business, Cass, Charlan, Choice, Columbia University Press, Commitment, Conflict, Crichlow, Crowds, Deadlock, Decision, Dissent
has cause · 27
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related to Empirical findings and meta-analysis · 23
Groupthink → According, Because, Callaway, Drive, Esser, Fodor, Huseman, If, Janis, Janis's, Leaders, Leana, Manz, Marriott, McCauley, Overall, Park, Sims, Smith, Testing
related to Politics and military · 16
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related to Reexamination · 16
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related to overview · 14
Groupthink → American, Bay, Cuba, Irving Janis, Janis, Japanese, Later, Most, Pearl Harbor, Pigs Invasion, The, Whyte Jr, William, Yale University
related to Sports · 14
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related to Examples · 13
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related to In popular culture · 10
Groupthink → Brian, I'm, In, Monty Python's Life, The, We're, Yes, You, You're, You've

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