Broadening Views in Organizations
By integrating the theory of minority influence in organizations, people will be more open to learning and allow for change, benefiting the organization in the end.
Moscovici (1980) contends that more introspective, personal thought processing is required in considering dissenting views, accounting for the private adoption of minority positions. In addition, increased processing improves the quality of the decision because the increased time it takes to reach a decision allows for more alternatives to be considered. Moscovici summarizes, "novel correct solutions are capable of being detected."
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