Fear of separation can make preserving affiliation more urgent than revealing an actual preference. It helps explain why analytical competence alone does not prevent false agreement. A decision process needs credible permission to differ, together with evidence about preferences rather than assumptions about silent members.
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- FromAbilene Paradox (model)
- Category of its source unitEffects, Biases & Phenomena
- DomainGroups & Decisions
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Editorial orientation · Entry type
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Related entries name an idea, effect or practice that belongs to a model or tool of the series. They are not models or tools themselves and are not counted as such; each one leads to the model or tool it comes from, and to its Executive Insight Brief.
Editorial orientation · Category
Effects, Biases & Phenomena
Identifies a bounded pattern in judgment, behavior or communication and the conditions under which it appears. Naming the pattern makes a recurring difficulty recognizable; it does not make the pattern inevitable or supply a complete explanation.