Group Process and Productivity
by Worchel, Stephen; Wood, Wendy; Simpson, Jeffry A.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1991-10-29
Publisher(s): Sage Pubns
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Summary
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.
Table of Contents
| Introduction - Jeffry A Simpson and Wendy Wood | |
| Where Is the Group in Social Psychology? | |
| An Historical Overview | |
| PART ONE: SMALL GROUP DECISION MAKING - Charles D Samuelson | |
| Section Preface - Richard L Moreland and John M Levine | |
| Problem Identification by Groups - Garold Stasser | |
| Pooling of Unshared Information During Group Discussion - Norbert L Kerr | |
| Issue Importance and Group Decision Making | |
| PART TWO: GROUP MEMBER ATTRIBUTES AND STATUS - Nancy Rhodes | |
| Section Preface - Charlan Jeanne Nemeth | |
| Minority Dissent as a Stimulant to Group Performance - Hermann Brandst[um]atter and Klemens Waldh[um]or | |
| Social Exchange Orientation Versus Social Reinforcement Orientation in Controversial Discussions - Susan E Jackson | |
| Team Composition in Organizational Settings | |
| Issues in Managing an Increasingly Diverse Workforce | |
| PART THREE: GROUP DEVELOPMENT, PRIVILEGE AND POWER - Katherine A Hannula | |
| Section Preface - Stephen Worchel, Dawna Coutant-Sassic and Michele Grossman | |
| A Developmental Approach to Group Dynamics | |
| A Model and Illustrative Research - Lawrence A Mess[ac]e, Norbert L Kerr and David N Sattler | |
| `But Some Animals are More Equal Than Others' | |
| The Supervisor as a Privileged Status in Group Contexts - David Kipnis | |
| Does Behavior Technology Change Practitioners' Behavior as Well as the Behavior of People They Are Trying to Change? | |
| PART FOUR: WORK GROUP NORMS AND OUTCOMES - John E Sawyer | |
| Section Preface - Robert D Pritchard and Margaret D Watson | |
| Understanding and Measuring Group Productivity - Paul S Goodman and Samir Shah | |
| Familiarity and Work Group Outcomes |
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