The research that my students and I conduct focuses on the problem-solving and decision-making performance of small groups. Broadly stated, this work examines the interpersonal and social interaction processes by which small groups of people transform a diverse array of facts, opinions, and preferences into consensual, group-level judgments and decisions. This research seeks to better understand how groups handle the information that is available to them, and how their information-handling capabilities affect the decisions they make.
The research that my students and I conduct focuses on the problem-solving and decision-making performance of small groups. Broadly stated, this work examines the interpersonal and social interaction processes by which small groups of people transform a diverse array of facts, opinions, and preferences into consensual, group-level judgments and decisions. This research seeks to better understand how groups handle the information that is available to them, and how their information-handling capabilities affect the decisions they make.