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How group members contribute to group performance: Evidence from agent-based simulations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2016

Igor Douven*
Affiliation:
Sciences, normes, décision (CNRS), Paris-Sorbonne University – Maison de la Recherche, 75006 Paris, France. [email protected]://www.researchgate.net/profile/Igor_Douven

Abstract

The authors argue that group performance depends on the degree to which group members identify with the group as well as on their degree of differentiation. In this commentary, I discuss results from agent-based simulations, suggesting that group performance depends, at least in part, on features orthogonal to agents' caring about group performance or about how they are perceived by other group members.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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