Effects of Task Performance Strategies on Group Performance Effectiveness

Abstract

Norms controlling how members deal with performance strategies were altered experimentally in small task-oriented groups. The basic task required assembly of small electrical components. In one task condition (equal information) all task-relevant information was provided to each group member; in another (unequal information) it was spread unevenly among members, requiring exchange of information for optimum group performance. Measures of interaction process and of member reactions to the group were obtained, and were affected substantially by the experimental interventions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA001707

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  • J. R. Hackman
  • Janet A. Weiss
  • Kenneth R. Brousseau

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  • Yale University

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