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Volume 15, Issue 1
1 February 2003
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Groupthink and sports: an application of Whyte’s model Available to Purchase

Charles P. Koerber;
Charles P. Koerber
Department of Management, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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Christopher P. Neck
Christopher P. Neck
Department of Management, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1757-1049
Print ISSN: 0959-6119
© MCB UP Limited
2003
International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (2003) 15 (1): 20–28.
https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110310458954

This paper utilizes Whyte’s groupthink recast framework to analyze the Major League Umpires Association resignation decision. Our analysis supports the importance of high collective efficacy to groupthink and thus defective decision making. Implications for both research and practice are presented based on our analysis.

Keywords:
Effectiveness, Groupthink, Sport
© MCB UP Limited
2003
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