| Group decision-making in fission-fusion societies. | |
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PMID: 20211711 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The prevalent view of group splitting during group decisions is that a beneficial consensus has not been reached because time constraints, different individual information, or inter-individual conflicts lead to fission instead of a compromise. However, societies with high fission-fusion dynamics may allow their members to avoid consensus decisions that are not in their favour without foregoing grouping benefits that arise from collective behaviour. Moreover, by forming temporary subgroups that represent individual preferences better than the group as a whole fission-fusion societies could avoid a permanent break up even in situations where conflicts among their members are to strong to reach a consensus. |
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Authors:
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Gerald Kerth |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review Date: 2010-03-06 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Behavioural processes Volume: 84 ISSN: 1872-8308 ISO Abbreviation: Behav. Processes Publication Date: 2010 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-07-08 Completed Date: 2011-01-07 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7703854 Medline TA: Behav Processes Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 662-3 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
Affiliation:
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Zoologisches Institut, Universität Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, Switzerland. gkerth@orn.mpg.de |
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Animals Behavior, Animal Chiroptera Consensus Decision Making / physiology* Group Processes* Interpersonal Relations Papio Vertebrates |
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