Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture Notes - Social Loafing, Decision-Making
12 Dec 2012
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The result of all forces acting on members to remain in the group. Dynamic process reflected in the tendency for a group to attract members, stick together, and remain united in the pursuit of its goals and/or the satisfaction of its members. Lead to cohesion then splits into group and individual outcomes. Organizational orientation (goals, strategies, maturity, sex, age) Group size - moderately sized groups are the best from both a task and social perspective. Satisfaction with both task and social aspects ( most important personal factor) Circular relation between cohesion, satisfaction, and performance. Task orientated behaviours ( clarifying group goals and member roles) Performance success over a long period (generally produces cohesion not the other way around) Shared experience especially negative (failure, threat, frustration) Team stability (norms, roles, acceptance, status, satisfaction) Concern over self-deception by group (overvalue or overestimate own ability & accomplishments & undervalue opponents) Shared attribution of responsibility for unfavorable outcomes.
