Group Cohesion Flashcards
Def of cohesion
Tendency of members of the team to work together to achieve what they want to achieve
What is co action
Everyone completes the task at the same time but separately
What is interaction
Everyone completing different roles but having to integrate them all together
What are the 4 main influences on a team that may influence cohesion
Environment factors
Personal factors
Team factors
Leadership factors
Eg of environment factors (3)
Group size, age, geography
Eg of personal factors (3)
Gender, aspirations, group similarity
Eg of team factors (3)
Ability, stability, desire for success
Eg of leadership factors (2)
Leader style, leader-team relationship.
What is task cohesion
Individuals working together to achieve an end result/common goal
What is social cohesion
Individuals relating to each other to interact in the group
What is Steiners model
Actual productivity=potential productivity - losses due to faulty process
Actual productivity
The performance of the team during the game
Potential productivity
The groups best performance/ maximum capability when at optimal cohesiveness
Faulty processes
Factors that go wrong and reduce cohesiveness
What’s the ringelmann effect
When group performance decreases with group size
