Beyond group-level explanations for the failure of groups to solve hidden profiles: The individual preference effect revisited

摘要: The individual preference effect supplements the predominant group-level explanations for failure of groups to solve hidden profiles. Even in absence dysfunctional processes, group members tend stick their suboptimal initial decision preferences due preference-consistent evaluation information. However, previous experiments demonstrating this retained two namely (a) social validation information supporting members' and (b) presentation additional a discussion format. Therefore, it was unclear whether depends on co-occurrence these group- level processes. Here, we report that is indeed an individual-level phenomenon. Moreover, by comparison real interacting groups, can show even when all relevant exchanged no coordination losses occur, almost half would fail profiles effect.