This paper reports the development of the Groupthink Assessment Inventory (GAI)—a paper-and-pencil instrument that assesses the critical variables of Janis's groupthink hypothesis. The major tenets of the groupthink hypothesis are reviewed and discussed and the results of a preliminary study to test the validity of the GAI are reported.
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