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| Author: | Smith, C. Comer, D. |
| Title: | Self-organization in small groups: a study of group effectiveness within non-equilibrium conditions |
| Journal: | Human Relations
1994 : MAY, VOL. 47:5, p. 553-581 |
| Index terms: | SMALL GROUPS EFFECTIVENESS GROUP DYNAMICS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The study took place within the context of a Tavistock-like group intervention, wherein the necessary condition for self-organization , a situation of turbulence, was induced within experimental groups. Based upon an approach suggested by Ackoff (1981), the general self-organization model served as a hypothetical idealized design of a self-organizing task group. A quasi-experimental design provided a test of whether the presence of self-organizing characteristics made any difference in group effectiveness among experimental groups and in a comparison condition where turbulence was not induced. |
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