search query: @indexterm SMALL GROUPS / total: 61
reference: 14 / 61
| Author: | Murnighan, J. K. Conton, D. E. |
| Title: | The dynamics of intense work groups: A study of British string quartets. |
| Journal: | Administrative Science Quarterly
1991 : JUN, VOL. 36:2, p. 165-186 |
| Index terms: | GROUPS AUTONOMOUS WORK GROUPS SMALL GROUPS MUSIC UNITED KINGDOM |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The relationship between the internal dynamics and success of a population of intense work groups, professional string quartets in Great Britain is discussed. Three basic paradoxes are observed: leadership versus democracy, the paradox of the second violinist, and confrontation versus compromise. It is indicated that the more successful quartets recognized but did not openly discuss the paradoxes. Instead, they managed them implicitly. The issue of intense work groups, the forces that drive these paradoxes, and potential applications to other organizational groups are addressed. |
SCIMA