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Heald, Maureen R.; Contractor, Noshir S.; Koehly, Laura M.; Wasserman, Stanley – Human Communication Research, 1998
Examines several factors that are hypothesized to influence the perceptual congruence of organization members (extent to which members agree on their perceptions of the organization's social structure). Proposes that employees' congruence on the organization's social structure is influenced by similarities in formal structure, demographic…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Congruence (Psychology), Employee Attitudes, Organizational Communication

Poole, Marshall Scott; Roth, Jonelle – Human Communication Research, 1989
Tests a model of the factors that influence groups to follow various paths as they make decisions. Uses three panels of contingency variables to predict properties of the group's developmental path. Finds that group decision paths and their properties can be predicted as a function of task and relational contingencies. (MS)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Developmental Stages, Group Dynamics, Group Testing