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Exploration of Engineering Students' Values with Respect to Behaviors in Group Work
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Nagel, Robert L.; Pappas, Eric C.; Swain, Matthew S.; Hazard, Gretchen A. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
In order to train young professionals, instructional methodologies in engineering need not only teach students knowledge, but must also instill the values and teach the behaviors--"competencies" students can demonstrate--required of professional practice. Herein, we focus on understanding the values and behaviors of students with respect…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Student Attitudes, Values, Teamwork
Comparison of Nomothetic versus Idiographic-Oriented Methods for Making Predictions about Distal Outcomes from Time Series Data
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Castro-Schilo, Laura; Ferrer, Emilio – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2013
We illustrate the idiographic/nomothetic debate by comparing 3 approaches to using daily self-report data on affect for predicting relationship quality and breakup. The 3 approaches included (a) the first day in the series of daily data; (b) the mean and variability of the daily series; and (c) parameters from dynamic factor analysis, a…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Prediction, Group Behavior, Collectivism
Exploring the Dual-Level Effects of Transformational Leadership on Followers
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Wang, Xiao-Hua; Howell, Jane M. – Journal of Applied Psychology, 2010
We developed a dual-level transformational leadership scale to measure individual-focused behavior at the individual level and group-focused behavior at the group level, and we validated the scale using a sample of 203 members from 60 work groups in a Canadian company. Results show that individual-focused leadership behavior, at the individual…
Descriptors: Helping Relationship, Measures (Individuals), Transformational Leadership, Leadership
The Development and Validation of the Workforce Diversity Questionnaire: An Instrument to Assess Interactions in Diverse Workgroups.
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Larkey, Linda Kathryn – Management Communication Quarterly, 1996
Describes research used to develop an original instrument, the Workforce Diversity Questionnaire, to assess interactions in diverse workgroups. States that a set of proposed dimensions was developed theoretically from literature on cultural diversity, discrimination, and intergroup processes. Explains how validity was tested through confirmatory…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Content Validity, Cultural Differences, Factor Analysis
The Development of an Instrument for Measuring Intermediate Interaction Behavior in Small Group Communication.
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McCroskey, James C.; Wright, David W. – 1971
An instrument was developed and tested which would measure intermediate interaction behavior in small-group communication. The study was designed to uncover the several dimensions of such behavior and produce a reliable, valid measure for each dimension that would yield data amenable to parametric statistical analysis. Analysis of two experiments…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Factor Analysis, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
The Group Emotionality Rating System: A Modification of Thelen's Method of Assessing Emotionality in Groups.
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Karterud, Sigmund; Foss, Torberg – Small Group Behavior, 1989
Revised Thelen's (1954) Group Emotionality Rating System, developing new criteria and assessment procedures. A reliability study of 4,343 verbal statements from 6 different Norwegian groups revealed an overall agreement of .77, with the emotionality subcategories ranging from .57 to .67. Discusses validity of the emotionality categories according…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Factor Analysis