Leader Responses to Collective Failure, and Maintenance of Group Integration, Task Motivation, Compliance, and Leader Endorsement

Abstract

Eight research studies on leader and group member functioning, using undergraduate students as subjects, focused on the impact of leader behavior and on measures of compliance or performance. The research examined: (1) leader interventions in response to collective failure, (2) the relationship between task expertise and compliance with a leader, (3) factors enhancing group member compliance, and (4) reward distributions. Results challenged the assumption that leader endorsement and group member compliance are positively related and suggested that positive feedback is more effective than negative feedback following collective failure. Group member compliance appears unrelated either to leader competence or to group member endorsement of the leader, and lack of group member competence appeared to influence compliance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA120168

Entities

People

  • Howard Garland
  • Kenneth H. Price

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Arlington

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Applied Psychology
  • Assembly Lines
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Business Administration
  • Factorial Design
  • Group Dynamics
  • Human Behavior
  • Motivation
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Organizational Psychology.