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Abilene paradox

social phenomenon in which a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of many or all of the individuals in the group
Class type of: social phenomenon Q321283

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
paradox
Author
Jerry B. Harvey[2]
Subclass of
social phenomenon[4]
Named after
Abilene[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en Abilene paradox ar مناقضة أبيلين de Abilene-Paradox de Abilene-Paradoxon es paradoja de Abilene fa پارادوکس آبیلین fa پارادوکس ابیلین fi Abilenen paradoksi fr Le Paradoxe d’Abilene fr paradoxe d'Abilene it paradosso di Abilene ja アビリーンのパラドックス ko 애빌린의 역설 nl Abilene paradox pl Paradoks Abilene pt paradoxo de Abilene ru парадокс Абилина sv Abilene-paradoxen sv Abileneparadoxen tr Abilene paradoksu
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/01gncc
IGI Global Dictionary ID
179
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777222086
TV Tropes ID
Main/AbileneParadox

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Instance of 1
paradox
Named after 1
Abilene
Subclass of 1
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Summary

Abilene paradox is a paradox[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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