Raj Persaud on cognitive dissonance theory

By Raj Persaud2007-11-20T09:00:00

NHS managers should be aware of a famous theory in social psychology called cognitive dissonance. It has become one of the most dominant ways of accounting for many puzzling behavioural phenomena in the world of academic psychology, yet it remains relatively obscure outside the field.

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