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Pulfrey, Caroline; Durussel, Kevin; Butera, Fabrizio – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
"Sharing is caring" the old adage goes, with its implied message that both are morally desirable. But what if it's test answers that students are sharing with their friends? Integrating values, cheating, and in-group bias theory, we hypothesize that adherence to group-loyalty benevolence values--considered as some of the most moral…
Descriptors: Cheating, Ethics, Student Behavior, Competition
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Sacks, Eugene – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1979
No group (within an organization) can be entirely harmonious, but conflict is not an altogether disruptive factor. A delicate balance is required to obtain the advantages and restrict the disadvantages of organizational conflict. The causes and forms of organizational conflict are examined. (JMD)
Descriptors: Competition, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Group Behavior
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McPhail, Clark; Tucker, Charles W. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1990
Extends control systems theory to analyze purposive collective behaviors, ranging from simple to complex, involving small and large groups. Suggests that complex collective phenomena can be explained as the repetition or combination of individual and collective sequences of action. Posits that control systems theory can be used to elucidate…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Competition, Conflict
Best, Deborah L.; Nance, Time J. – 1981
Frustration has been primarily investigated in relation to aggressive behaviors, but may elicit other behaviors depending on the responses available to the individual. To test the effects of task frustration and task success on subsequent group behavior, college women (N=80) were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: task success, task…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Competition, Cooperation
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Otten, Sabine; And Others – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1996
Three studies investigated the determination of social discrimination by the valence of stimuli that are allocated between groups. The studies were based on either the minimal group paradigm or a more reality-based laboratory intergroup setting, with stimulus valence, group status, and group size as factors and with pull scores on Tajfel matrices…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Competition, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
Hirokawa, Randy Y. – 1976
A review of the research literature concerning the effects of cooperation and competition on small-group productivity suggests that results have been conflicting and inconclusive. From a methodological standpoint, the inconsistent finings result from the use of experimental tasks which create systematic bias in favor of either the cooperative or…
Descriptors: Competition, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Behavior
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Butler, Ruth; Kedar, Alina – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1990
The hypothesis that student groups working under conditions of intergroup competition will adopt different motivational orientation than will groups not in competition was studied using 89 Israeli fourth graders (50 males and 39 females). The impact of prior socialization on group behaviors and implications for cooperative learning are discussed.…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Philosophy, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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DeRosier, Melissa E.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Examined the interrelations of group contextual factors and the occurrence of aggressive behavior in 22 experimental play groups of 7- and 9-year-old African American boys. Found that negative affect, high aversion behavior, high activity level, low group cohesion, and competitiveness were related to the occurrence of aggressive behavior. (MDM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Blacks, Child Behavior