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Peer reviewedEllis, Donald G.; Fisher, B. Aubrey – Human Communication Research, 1975
Examines the function of conflict in the process of achieving group consensus. Available from: Human Communication Research, Robert L. Cox, Executive Secretary, International Communication Association, Box 8563 University Station, Austin, Texas 78712. Telephone: 512-471-4821. Subscription Rates: institutional or non-members, $15.00 per year;…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conflict
Ramsey, Margaret A.; Lutz, Frank W. – Journal of the College and University Personnel Association, 1975
The authors apply a model of tribal behavior ("Cargo Cultism") to explain practices of modern college faculties regarding the rejection of collective bargaining as a means to attainment of personal "goods" and the disdaining and destruction of alternative types of residency requirements for degrees that might produce greater institutional "goods."…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty
Download full textEtheredge, Lloyd S. – 1976
This student manual is intended to help undergraduate political science students analyze human behavior. The manual poses the problem of why a group of high school students failed to take their cafeteria trays to the dirty dish room. It presents alternative solutions which students discuss as they explore various interpretations of human…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Theories, Group Behavior, Higher Education
Dodds, Patt; Rife, Frank – 1981
A winning collegiate field hockey coach was observed across seventeen practice sessions through one complete competitive season. A category system for the event recording of verbal and nonverbal behaviors delivered to the team and to the sixteen individual players produced descriptive-analytic information about relative behavior frequencies for…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Athletes, Athletic Coaches, Athletics
Jensen, Marian – 1980
Studies published in the last five years (since 1975) concerning how groups behave, with particular emphasis on implications for the administrator who wishes to deal more effectively with groups, are reviewed. The 25 studies represent 11 journals, written by authors from six related disciplines. For discussion purposes, the studies are divided…
Descriptors: Administrators, Behavior Theories, Communication Problems, Conflict Resolution
Steinberg, Lois Saxelby – 1977
This literature review is intended for policymakers and researchers concerned with citizen participation in the educational decision-making process. The study examines (1) the functions of interest groups in social science analysis of the political process; (2) the dominant theories employed in social research on interest group processes; (3) the…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Decentralization
