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Taylor, K. Phillip – 1984
Sources in this annotated bibliography are compiled for investigators in speech communication and social sciences interested in the influence of the group on the individual member (conformity and deviation), and for those interested in group consensus formation and the consequences of pressure to uniformity (polarization). The 34 citations include…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Research, Compliance (Psychology)
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Sigman, Stuart J. – Journal of Applied Communication Research, 1986
Argues that adjustment to nursing homes is influenced by peer group and staff-patient interaction. Concludes that both staff and residents place demands and expectations on newcomers' conduct, and staff define successful and unsuccessful adjustment so that patients are constrained in the range of socially acceptable behavior they are permitted to…
Descriptors: Attendants, Communication Research, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Communication