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Civettini, Nicole H. W. – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2007
This paper investigates the effects that different patterns of similarity among group members have on a group's performance on a problem-solving task. I discuss and test hypotheses on the effects of similarity on group performance derived from two literatures: balance theory and research on homophily. In an experiment I found that the relative…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Problem Solving, Productivity, Group Membership

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