Examines effective leadership strategies for promoting positive group experiences on outdoor trips by recognizing diversity and people's fears about diversity and by encouraging participants to express their perspectives and wants. Presents examples from Woodswomen, an adventure program that offers wilderness trips for women. (SV)

To examine tactical self-presentations (images persons display publicly) in task-oriented leadership situations, 128 subjects (56 male and 72 female) were assigned leadership positions in groups that did very well or very poorly. The leaders learned that either they or the group-at-large were responsible for the performance and that the other…

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…