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Tziner, Aharon E. – Small Group Behavior, 1986
Two social psychological theories--similarity theory and equity theory--are employed to elucidate the relationship between group members' abilities and group performance on tasks involving high levels of interdependence. Contrasting hypotheses are drawn regarding specific ability compositions that should evoke performance above or below the simple…
Descriptors: Ability, Foreign Countries, Group Behavior, Group Structure
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Graen, George; And Others – Journal of Applied Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Group Behavior
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Hall, Jay; Williams, Martha S. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Decision Making, Group Behavior
Schroeder, Anthony B. – 1979
The purpose of this research was to determine how interactive style influences effectiveness and interpersonal attraction in groups. After college student volunteers completed the Communicator Style Measure (CSM), 72 subjects were selected from three style profiles and assigned to triads that contained high, mid, and low communication style…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication Skills, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
Macklin, Thomas; And Others – 1980
After 177 college students in 49 groups participated in group tasks, their perceptions of those groups and individuals in the groups were analyzed for gender differences. In the discriminant analysis of the three interpretable factors for perception of groups (group cohesiveness, power, and personality), gender was a predictor of an individual's…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Group Behavior
Brandhorst, Allan R. – 1976
A taxonomy of educational objectives which conceptualizes interpersonal skills in terms of measurable behavior is described. The categories represent six aspects of leadership capability--one of them cognitive (conceptualization), one of them cognitive-affective (evaluation), and four of them cognitive-affective-behavioral (leading, following,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Objectives, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories
Froehlich, Dean K. – 1968
This paper describes some of the military requirements for an assessment technique with which to estimate the effectiveness of the interactions that occur between military assistance program advisors and their counterparts. An experimental criterion of effectiveness, willingness to work together, is described, and estimates of its validity…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria
SMITH, D.B. – 1966
TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT CULTURALLY-BASED WAYS OF LEARNING AND COMMUNICATING MIGHT HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING, AN ANTHROPOLOGIST AND A BEHAVIORIST CONDUCTED BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL OBSERVATIONS AND INTERVIEWS IN FOUR JOB CORPS CENTERS AND TWO VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS, ONE WITH A STUDENT POPULATION OF 86 PERCENT WHITE AND 14 PERCENT NEGRO,…
Descriptors: Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Desegregation Effects