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Boyd, Robert D; Wilson, John P – Adult Education, 1974
In an initial test of a theory of increasing content, forty experimental dyads ranging from compatibility to incompatibility were composed and studied. The three channels are identified as the motivation, delivery, and information channels. A linear relationship between intra-group compatibility and a set of five dependent variables was…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Bibliographies, Group Behavior
Walton, Richard E.; Dutton, John M. – Admin. Sci. Quart., 1969
This research supported by a grant from the McKinsey Foundation for Management Research, Inc.
Descriptors: Administration, Administrators, Behavior Theories, Conflict
Peer reviewedEllis, Donald G.; Fisher, B. Aubrey – Human Communication Research, 1975
Examines the function of conflict in the process of achieving group consensus. Available from: Human Communication Research, Robert L. Cox, Executive Secretary, International Communication Association, Box 8563 University Station, Austin, Texas 78712. Telephone: 512-471-4821. Subscription Rates: institutional or non-members, $15.00 per year;…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conflict
Courtright, John A. – 1974
The purpose of this essay was to propose a new explanation of collective behavior and to hypothesize the role of communication in this process. Unlike previous theories, which rely on a group effect, this explanation is based on the behavior of individual members of the collectivity. Using the experimental finding of the "risky shift,"…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making, Group Behavior
Download full textHowell, William S. – 1976
Interaction theory has not been applied to interpersonal communication because the Western scientific model requires that variables be consciously apparent. A simple model of sending and receiving is not adequate to explain the complex nature of human communication, however. The dyadic pattern of interrelationship may be expanded to reflect the…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Communication (Thought Transfer), Covert Response, Feedback
Jensen, Marian – 1980
Studies published in the last five years (since 1975) concerning how groups behave, with particular emphasis on implications for the administrator who wishes to deal more effectively with groups, are reviewed. The 25 studies represent 11 journals, written by authors from six related disciplines. For discussion purposes, the studies are divided…
Descriptors: Administrators, Behavior Theories, Communication Problems, Conflict Resolution
Brandhorst, Allan R. – 1976
A taxonomy of educational objectives which conceptualizes interpersonal skills in terms of measurable behavior is described. The categories represent six aspects of leadership capability--one of them cognitive (conceptualization), one of them cognitive-affective (evaluation), and four of them cognitive-affective-behavioral (leading, following,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Objectives, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories
