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Download full textABNER, EDWARD V.; LEWIT, DAVID W. – 1967
THIS STUDY TESTS THE HYPOTHESIS THAT BIRACIAL GROUPS IN WHICH RACEMATES WERE PAIRED FOR DIRECT CONTACT WOULD PERFORM BETTER THAN THOSE IN WHICH RACEMATES WERE ISOLATED. IT ALSO ASSUMED THAT ETHNOCENTRIC SUBJECTS WOULD PERFORM BETTER WITH CONTACT WITH A RACEMATE, AND THAT AGGRESSIVE SUBJECTS WOULD GET ALONG WELL WITHOUT IT. THE SUBJECTS WERE BOYS…
Descriptors: Group Behavior, Interaction Process Analysis, Productivity, Racial Composition
Peer reviewedDiBerardinis, James P. – Group and Organization Studies, 1978
This study investigated the effects of videotape feedback on group and self-satisfaction. Subjects' post-meeting satisfaction with group performance was significantly altered after receiving objective feedback through videotape playbacks. Post-meeting self-satisfaction was not significantly changed. Implications of these findings are discussed.…
Descriptors: College Students, Feedback, Group Behavior, Research Projects
Peer reviewedStewart, Jeffrey E.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Achievement, Competition, Cooperation, Group Activities
Borwick, Irving Paul – 1972
This study examined the sequence of prereading and group consensus as techniques facilitating learning in a structured laboratory. The basic hypothesis examined is that (1) the sequence of prereading and (2) the requirement of consensus in group decisions facilitate learning. To test the hypothesis a structured laboratory was run with 73 foremen…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Group Behavior, Group Unity, Learning
Kent, R. N.; McGrath, J. E. – J Exp Soc Psychol, 1969
Research supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Group Structure
Pennings, Johannes M. – 1974
Studying 40 branch offices of a large brokerage firm, the investigator attempted to develop a framework for theoretically and operationally defining the concept of interdependence in organizations. After defining task, position-role, social, and skill interdependence, the author explores the consequences of differentiation in terms of the…
Descriptors: Group Behavior, Interpersonal Relationship, Organizational Communication, Organizational Effectiveness
Peer reviewedWeed, Stan E.; And Others – Journal of Applied Psychology, 1976
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Descriptors: Administrators, Field Studies, Group Behavior, Interaction Process Analysis
Peer reviewedKorman, Abraham K. – Journal of Applied Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Creativity, Expectation, Group Behavior, Intelligence
Arntson, Paul H.; And Others – 1977
The two studies of predisposition toward verbal behavior (PVB) reported in this paper examined the behavior of interactants who have dissimilar verbal predispositions in task-oriented discussions. In the first study, 20 groups of three members each were given an interpersonal task that involved reaching a consensus. In the second study, 17 pairs…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Group Behavior, Interaction, Interpersonal Competence
Pepitone, Emmy A. – 1973
This investigation used social psychological concepts in analysis of social processes among pupils engaged in a cooperative task. It explored several ways of increasing interdependence among participants and determined the effects of such conditions on pupil performance. The subjects were 228 randomly selected fourth and fifth grade students. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Elementary School Students, Group Behavior, Performance Factors
Rosmann, Michael R.; Mowbray, R. Glenn – 1976
This study examined the effects of different degrees of task structure on leadership between 18 married parents, 18 childless married spouses, and 18 unmarried men and women who comprised newly acquainted couples. Each couple completed three tasks which varied along the dimension of task structure and the order of task presentation. Analysis of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Group Behavior, Interaction, Leadership
Peer reviewedRosenbaum, Leonard L.; Rosenbaum, William B. – Journal of Applied Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Group Behavior
Sage, John N. – Percept Mot Skills, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
Carter, Cecil E., Jr. – 1967
The purposes of this study were to identify group characteristics of County Extension Advisory Committees which were related to the effective performance of the committees and to identify the leadership behavior dimensions of County Extension Agent Chairmen which were related to the effective performance of County Extension Advisory Committees.…
Descriptors: Adults, Advisory Committees, Doctoral Dissertations, Extension Agents
Mears, Peter M. – 1976
The effect of feedback on group cohesiveness (measured in terms of group and task attractiveness) for a person who is performing a simple, highly repetitive task was studied. One hundred business administration students, randomly assigned to five member groups, completed a series of trials having the goal of determining the number commonly held by…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Experiments
