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| Author: | Gersick, C. J. G. |
| Title: | Making time: predictable transitions in task groups. |
| Journal: | Academy of Management Journal
1989 : JUN, VOL. 32:2, p. 274-309 |
| Index terms: | SMALL GROUPS PROBLEM SOLVING EFFECTIVENESS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | It is suggested that there are strong, heretofore unrecognized connections between groups' pacing efforts and their creative work progress, specifically, that the former can catalyze the latter. A laboratory simulation is designed to permit questioning of participants on how they thought about their work. A second purpose for the study is to assess the suitability of laboratory simulation as a research tool for the phenomena of interest. The central features of the midpoint transition did emerge strongly in the laboratory, groups paid special attention to time at the midpoint of their time spans, made abrupt shifts in the focus of their work activities, and depended on midpoint agreements to provide a basis for work thereafter. |
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