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Bryan L. Bonner

Bryan L. Bonner

My research focuses on group decision-making and performance, complementary teamwork, and close relationships.

Primary Interests:

  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Communication, Language
  • Group Processes
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Persuasion, Social Influence
  • Research Methods, Assessment

Research Group or Laboratory:

Journal Articles:

  • Baumann, M. R. & Bonner, B. L. (2004). Expertise in collective decision-making: Variability, expectations, and utilization. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 93, 89-101.
  • Bonner, B. L. (2004). Expertise in group problem-solving: Recognition, social combination, and performance. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 8, 277-290.
  • Bonner, B. L. (2000). The effects of member extroversion on influence in judgmental social tasks. Small Group Research, 31, 225-244.
  • Bonner, B. L., Baumann, M. R., & Dalal, R. (2002). The effects of member expertise on group decision-making and group performance. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 88, 719-736.
  • Bonner, B. L., Baumann, M. R., Lehn, A. K., Pierce, D. M., & Wheeler, E. C. (2006). Modeling collective choice: Performance and decision-making on complex intellective tasks. European Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 617-633.
  • Bonner, B. L., Gonzalez, C., & Sommer, D. (2004). Centrality and accuracy in group quantity estimation. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 8, 155-165.
  • Bonner, B. L., Sillito, S. D., & Baumann, M. R. (2007). Collective estimation: Accuracy, expertise, and extroversion as sources of intra-group influence. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 103, 121-133.
  • Laughlin, P. R., & Bonner, B. L. (1999). Collective induction: Effects of multiple hypotheses and multiple evidence in two problem domains. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 1163-1172.
  • Laughlin, P. R., Bonner, B. L., & Altermatt, T. W. (1999). Effectiveness of positive hypothesis testing in inductive and deductive rule learning. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 77, 130-146.
  • Laughlin, P. R., Bonner, B. L., & Altermatt, T. W. (1998). Collective versus individual induction with single versus multiple hypotheses. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 1481-1489.
  • Laughlin, P. R., Bonner, B. L., & Miner, A. G. (2002). Groups perform better than the best individuals on letters-to-numbers problems. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 88, 605-620.
  • Laughlin, P. R., Bonner, B. L., Miner, A. G., & Carnevale, P. J. (1999). Frames of reference in quantity estimations by groups and individuals. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 80, 103-117.
  • Okhuysen, G. A., & Bonner, B. L. (2005). Future thinking in disadvantaged situations: The role of outcome delays and competitive issues in negotiation. Motivation & Emotion, 29, 460-474.
  • Pickett, C. L., Bonner, B. L., & Coleman, J. M. (2002). Motivated self-stereotyping: Heightened assimilation and differentiation needs result in increased levels of positive and negative stereotyping. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 543-562.

Other Publications:

  • Armagan, S., Ferreira, M. P., Bonner, B. L., & Okhuysen G. A. (2006). The role of temporality in dyadic negotiations: Evidence from Portugal, Turkey, and the United States. In M. A. Neale, & E. A. Mannix (Eds.), Research on Managing in Groups and Teams (Vol. 9, pp. 115-146). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Bryan L. Bonner
David Eccles School of Business
University of Utah
1645 East Campus Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
United States of America

  • Phone: (801) 581-8555
  • Fax: (801) 585-5966

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