Small, Task-Oriented Groups: Conflict, Conflict Management, Satisfaction, and Decision Quality.

Wall, Victor D., Jr.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ362129

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Publication Date: 1987

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Small, Task-Oriented Groups: Conflict, Conflict Management, Satisfaction, and Decision Quality.

Wall, Victor D., Jr.; And Others

Small Group Behavior, v18 n1 p31-55 Feb 1987

Examined relationship among amount of conflict experienced, the style of its management, individual satisfaction, and decision quality of small, task-oriented groups using 129 college student subjects in 24 groups. Data suggest a curvilinear relationship between the number of conflict episodes experienced by group members and the subsequent quality of their decisions. (Author/ABL)

Descriptors: College Students, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Group Behavior, Groups, Higher Education, Participant Satisfaction

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Language: English

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