The Effects of Within-Group Communication on Group Decision and Individual Choice in the Assurance and Chicken Team Games

Bibliographic Data

ID6286192
AuthorsGary Bornstein (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Danny Mingelgrin (Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Christel G Rutte (0000-0002-4074-7315, Radboud University Nijmegen), Christel Rutte (Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, The University of Nijmegen)
Year1996
Volume40
Issue3
Pages486-501
Publication date1996-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022002796040003005
OpenAlexW2145724311
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited17

Two team games are introduced: a game of assurance and a game of chicken. The games were operationalized as a competition between two teams, with three players on each team, and were compared either with or without the opportunity for a within-team discussion. The authors found that the vast majority of the teams in both game types chose to compete, and almost all individual players abided by the group's decision. However, the rationale for choosing the competitive team strategy (as coded from group discussions) and the beliefs of individual team members following discussion (as reflected in the postdecision questionnaire) differed systematically as a function of game type

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