Small Groups and Foreign Policy Decisionmaking: Some Experimental Findings.

Abstract

The two major purposes of this paper are first to explore and explain substantive differences in decision outcomes arrived at by individual decisionmakers and small groups; and, second, to illustrate by example the utility of experimental research in the study of foreign policy. Accordingly, the authors present some experimentally-derived decision data to buttress their contention that group-based decisions will significantly differ from individual decision outcomes. The authors' main objective is to measure choice shifts that occur between the two decision units and to analyse some of the possible social-psychological effects of group interaction and discussion on individual behavior and collective choice-making. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 25, 1978
Accession Number
ADA067704

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  • Andrew K. Semmel
  • Dean A. Minix

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Business Administration
  • Case Studies
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Human Behavior
  • International Relations
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Recreation
  • Social Psychology
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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