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Bohannan, April – Library Administration & Management, 1993
Reviews the literature on self-managing teams to clarify the role of the external leader or coordinator of these groups. Conditions that aid in the development of self-management characteristics are identified; a model of group members and leader behavior is presented; and further areas of research are suggested. (14 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Coordinators, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
Hocking, John E. – 1981
The phenomenon of crowd behavior at sports events is examined in this paper. Previous treatments of why spectators enjoy watching sports events are examined, showing that these studies have largely ignored the potential role of intraaudience influence processes. A brief literature review notes the role of feedback between the communication event…
Descriptors: Athletics, Audiences, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research
Ehrenhaus, Peter – 1981
The concept of rhetorical community is employed in this paper as a starting point for the study of community. Since the clarity of the concept "rhetorical community" is insufficient for purposes of building theories, the paper offers a more precise conceptual definition: a rhetorical community is a group of people who identify themselves with a…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community, Ethnography
Download full textNeer, Michael R., Ed. – Communication, 1981
This special edition of "Communication" brings together the work of nine leading scholars of small group communication. The following topics are discussed: (1) small group communication research in the 1980s; (2) unanswered questions in research on communication in the small group; (3) emerging trends in small group research; (4)…
Descriptors: Activism, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Decision Making
McAvoy, Leo H.; Mitten, Denise S.; Stringer, L. Allison; Steckart, James P.; Sproles, Kraig – 1996
This paper reviews the research literature published between 1992 and 1995 on group development and group dynamics in outdoor education and closely allied disciplines. The research is categorized in six general dimensions: (1) how the personal characteristics, skills, and experience that individuals bring to the group influences group dynamics and…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Corporate Education, Educational Research, Experiential Learning
Individual and Group Behavior in Educational Organizations under Environmental Stress. Final Report.
Terborg, James R. – 1978
The purpose of this report was to consider factors that might be important for understanding how schools as organizations respond to environmental stress. Literature from psychology, sociology, education, and political science is reviewed and an attempt is made to integrate a diverse body of findings, using concepts from general systems theory and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Bibliographies, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education
