MILITARY SMALL GROUP PERFORMANCE UNDER ISOLATION AND STRESS - CRITICAL REVIEW. II. DIMENSIONS OF GROUP BEHAVIOR

Abstract

The second of five reviews of psychological and sociological literature bearing on group behavior problems of AC+W sites in Alaska is presented. Fourteen basic dimensions of groups, described by Hemphill, are discussed in terms of their effects on group behavior, with particular reference to AC+W site problems. The results of a factor aANALYSIS, BASED ON 100 CIVILIAN ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH ARRAYS THE 14 DIMENSIONS ACCORDING TO THREE FACTORS - BEHAVIOR REGULATION APPEARING AS SOCIAL STRUCTURE, EFFECTIVE GROUP EFFORT, AND PRIMARY PERSONAL INTERACTION - ARE PRESENTED AND INTERPRETED. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0288688

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