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Parker, John N.; Cardenas, Edgar; Dorr, Alexander N.; Hackett, Edward J. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2020
New technologies transform research specialties and potentiate new fields. Sociometers--wearable electronic sensors collecting quantitative, dynamic data about embodied social interactions at hyperfine scales--represent such a possibility for small group research. This article introduces this new method and its distinctive qualities and…
Descriptors: Measurement Equipment, Data Collection, Group Structure, Group Dynamics
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Neimeyer, Greg J.; Merluzzi, Thomas V. – Small Group Behavior, 1982
Presents literature relevant to initial group structure and advances a model of group development based upon personal construct theory. The proposed model illuminates the relationship between initial structure and the psychological processes underlying group development. Research questions are posited to advance empirical tests of the model. (RC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Contracts, Group Dynamics