Group Process and Productivity
1st Edition
Published on 9. December 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-0-8039-4226-4 (ISBN)
Description
How is the increasing diversity of the workforce likely to affect productivity? What can be done to remedy the negative consequences of `groupthink'? And what steps can be taken to improve the quality of group decisions? This volume discusses these and other questions associated with productivity and functioning in small groups. Among the topics explored are group productivity, problem identification, group decision making, behaviour technology and group dynamics. The contributors, leading scholars from a cross-section of disciplines, challenge many current beliefs about groups.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
442 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-4226-4 (9780803942264)
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Content
INTRODUCTION
Where Is the Group in Social Psychology? - Jeffry A Simpson and Wendy Wood
An Historical Overview
PART ONE: SMALL GROUP DECISION MAKING
Section Preface - Charles D Samuelson
Problem Identification by Groups - Richard L Moreland and John M Levine
Pooling of Unshared Information During Group Discussion - Garold Stasser
Issue Importance and Group Decision Making - Norbert L Kerr
PART TWO: GROUP MEMBER ATTRIBUTES AND STATUS
Section Preface - Nancy Rhodes
Minority Dissent as a Stimulant to Group Performance - Charlan Jeanne Nemeth
Social Exchange Orientation Versus Social Reinforcement Orientation in Controversial Discussions - Hermann Brandstaetter and Klemens Waldhoer
Team Composition in Organizational Settings - Susan E Jackson
Issues in Managing an Increasingly Diverse Workforce
PART THREE: GROUP DEVELOPMENT, PRIVILEGE AND POWER
Section Preface - Katherine A Hannula
A Developmental Approach to Group Dynamics - Stephen Worchel, Dawna Coutant-Sassic and Michele Grossman
A Model and Illustrative Research
`But Some Animals are More Equal Than Others' - Lawrence A Messe, Norbert L Kerr and David N Sattler
The Supervisor as a Privileged Status in Group Contexts
Does Behavior Technology Change Practitioners' Behavior as Well as the Behavior of People They Are Trying to Change? - David Kipnis
PART FOUR: WORK GROUP NORMS AND OUTCOMES
Section Preface - John E Sawyer
Understanding and Measuring Group Productivity - Robert D Pritchard and Margaret D Watson
Familiarity and Work Group Outcomes - Paul S Goodman and Samir Shah
Where Is the Group in Social Psychology? - Jeffry A Simpson and Wendy Wood
An Historical Overview
PART ONE: SMALL GROUP DECISION MAKING
Section Preface - Charles D Samuelson
Problem Identification by Groups - Richard L Moreland and John M Levine
Pooling of Unshared Information During Group Discussion - Garold Stasser
Issue Importance and Group Decision Making - Norbert L Kerr
PART TWO: GROUP MEMBER ATTRIBUTES AND STATUS
Section Preface - Nancy Rhodes
Minority Dissent as a Stimulant to Group Performance - Charlan Jeanne Nemeth
Social Exchange Orientation Versus Social Reinforcement Orientation in Controversial Discussions - Hermann Brandstaetter and Klemens Waldhoer
Team Composition in Organizational Settings - Susan E Jackson
Issues in Managing an Increasingly Diverse Workforce
PART THREE: GROUP DEVELOPMENT, PRIVILEGE AND POWER
Section Preface - Katherine A Hannula
A Developmental Approach to Group Dynamics - Stephen Worchel, Dawna Coutant-Sassic and Michele Grossman
A Model and Illustrative Research
`But Some Animals are More Equal Than Others' - Lawrence A Messe, Norbert L Kerr and David N Sattler
The Supervisor as a Privileged Status in Group Contexts
Does Behavior Technology Change Practitioners' Behavior as Well as the Behavior of People They Are Trying to Change? - David Kipnis
PART FOUR: WORK GROUP NORMS AND OUTCOMES
Section Preface - John E Sawyer
Understanding and Measuring Group Productivity - Robert D Pritchard and Margaret D Watson
Familiarity and Work Group Outcomes - Paul S Goodman and Samir Shah