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Download full textMoreland, Richard L.; Levine, John M. – 1984
This paper analyzes role transitions in small groups within the context of a more general model of group socialization that is based on the psychological processes of evaluation, commitment, and decision making. The major advantage of such an approach is that it specifies why role transitions in small groups occur. According to the model, groups…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Decision Making, Group Behavior, Group Experience
Bloom, Joan R. – 1974
Using Status Characteristic Theory as a theoretical framework, increasing status distinctions between professional group members were predicted to decrease the quantity of task related information and quality of decisions made in small problem-solving groups. Three experimental conditions were created: (1) occupational prestige manipulated, (2)…
Descriptors: Age, Behavioral Science Research, Decision Making, Group Behavior
