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Cobb, Anthony T. – Group and Organization Studies, 1982
Presents an expectancy model of coalition membership addressing inducements, contributions, and exchange in coalitions. Discusses how concepts and considerations both addressed and ignored in past work are accommodated by the model. Gives a number of practical implications of the model by focusing on interventions into client systems. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Group Dynamics, Group Membership, Individual Needs
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Kindler, Herbert S. – Group and Organization Studies, 1979
Identifies two fundamental change strategies, incremental and transformational, and the relationship between them, describes the circumstances appropriate for each strategy, and suggests steps for translating each strategy into action. Both strategies are required to maintain organizational and personal effectiveness if growth and renewal are…
Descriptors: Administrators, Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Individual Development
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Kim, Ken I.; Organ, Dennis W. – Group and Organization Studies, 1982
Assessed the value of "noncontractual social exchange" (NSE) to describe leader behavior. Results of an experiment using an in-basket memo device showed that subordinate competence best predicted the intentions of such behavior by a sample of working adults: subjects were more likely to initiate NSE with highly competent subordinates. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Competence, Employees, Individual Characteristics