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Grimes, Michael D.; And Others – American Sociological Review, 1976
Relates community structural variables to leadership arrangements, paying special attention to the results obtained when three alternative measures of "reputational" leadership (visibility, legitimacy and centralization) are used in two samples of communities. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Comparative Analysis, Conceptual Schemes, Ecological Factors
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Friedlander, Frank; Green, P. Toni – Group and Organization Studies, 1977
The hypothesis was that structures built by group members in dealing with conflict and decision making would be contingent on their life styles. Three different sets of groups of persons with homogeneous life styles created three different (and predicted) structures in a problem-solving task. (Author)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Group Membership, Group Structure
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Stock, Brian – Visible Language, 1986
Discusses writers, readers, and the enactment of roles in society through the notion of "textual community." Considers the meaning of the term "text" in this context, the problem of reading, and some of the behavioral principles that lie behind personal and group narratives. (JD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Community Role, Group Structure, Personal Narratives
Roderick, Joan C. – Journal of Business Education, 1985
This article focuses on the following areas of group process: the nature of the task group, the steps taken to reach a decision, and the ways in which a leader can effectively manage the inevitable conflict that emerges within groups as the problem-solving process progresses. (CT)
Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
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Loeb, Jame; Bowers, John – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1973
Results of this study indicate that programs of study which are homogeneous in terms of the abilities, interests, and college grades of their students can be identified, that these programs differ on at least two interpretable dimensions, and that grouping of curricula on these bases simultaneously groups them according to sex ratio. (Authors)
Descriptors: College Students, Dropout Prevention, Educational Programs, Group Structure
Danish, Steven J.; Zelenski, Joseph F. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Group Dynamics, Group Structure
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Aronoff, Joel; Messe, Lawrence A. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Group Structure, Individual Characteristics
De Lara, Lane E. – Ment Hyg, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classification, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Role
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Berg, Gunnar – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1982
Provides research dealing with the school as an organization and offers an alternative development strategy based on the studies. Shows previous research was either functionalist or structuralist in approach. Research describes the school as an organization in terms of professionalism or bureaucracy. Additionally, it is described as a coercive…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Bureaucracy, Educational Environment
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Betz, Robert L.; And Others – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1981
Provides a conceptual model developed to unify the spectrum of task-, socio-, and psycho-group processes used by guidance and counseling personnel. Describes a structure for group leaders to follow within their various group modalities using four distinguishing variables: objective, size, leader behavior, and member behavior and expectations.…
Descriptors: Classification, Cluster Analysis, Expectation, Group Counseling
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Davids, Leo – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1980
Examines, in the Canadian population, what real change has occurred in regard to other forms of households in place of the conventional nuclear-family household. Comparison of 1971 with 1976 information shows considerable continuity but also substantial increases in small and non-couple households during this five-year interval. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Extended Family, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Roth, Richard – Child Welfare, 1977
A learning group in transactional analysis for adolescents in residential treatment received favorable responses from group members, indicating effectiveness of this approach. (MS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Group Dynamics, Group Structure
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Katz, Claudia Anne; Kuby, Sue Ann; Hobgood, Jayne M. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1997
Presents (in the form of a conversation with "The Vampire") data on middle school students' attitudes toward literature circles, how they choose their groups for literature circles, patterns in the groups chosen, and how students selected the books they did. (SR)
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Group Structure, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
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Morran, D. Keith; And Others – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1990
Discusses ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) designs with nested factors as an option for addressing unit of analysis issues when conducting group research. These principles can be extended to more complex designs involving multiple treatment factors where groups are either nested or crossed with these factors. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Experimental Groups, Factor Analysis, Group Dynamics
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Drum, David J. – Counseling Psychologist, 1990
Praises "The Counseling Psychologist" focus issue (1990) for its excellent review of group psychotherapy literature and reacts to individual articles. Describes a conceptual model that encompasses key therapeutic factors and elements central to design and leadership of thematic groups. Compares three major forms of group…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Group Dynamics, Group Membership
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