Topic 4 Terms

Question 1

Actors

Answer 1

Individuals who form social relations with others

Question 2

Adjourning Stage

Answer 2

Stage where teams disband when their work is finished

Question 3

Boundary Spanning

Answer 3

Developing relationships that cross boundaries within or outside the organization

Question 4

Bridging Network

Answer 4

A network in which you are connected to people who aren’t connected to one another

Question 5

Brokering Network

Answer 5

A network connecting disparate groups of people so that access to goods, services, or information is enabled

Question 6

Centralized Communication Network

Answer 6

Network where communication flows only between individual members and a hub, or center point

Question 7

Clique

Answer 7

Group comprised of three or more actors all connected to each other

Question 8

Clusters

Answer 8

Subgroups of actors who are tied together because they have similar traits or characteristics

Question 9

Cohesive Network

Answer 9

Network in which the people you are connected to are connected to one another

Question 10

Cohesiveness

Answer 10

The degree to which members are attracted to a group and motivated to remain part of it

Question 11

Collective Intelligence

Answer 11

Shared intelligence that emerges when a group of people work together in a collaborative way

Question 12

Committee

Answer 12

Group designated to work on a special task on a continuing basis

Question 13

Consensus

Answer 13

Group decision that has the expressed support of most members

Question 14

Contagion Effect

Answer 14

A spread of emotion across a group or network

Question 15

Cross-Functional Team

Answer 15

Team that operates with members who come from different functional units of an organization

Question 16

De-Energizing Ties

Answer 16

Those that leave people feeling drained, unhappy, and demotivated

Question 17

Decentralized Communication Network

Answer 17

Network that allows all members to communicate directly with one another

Question 18

Decision Making

Answer 18

The process of making choices among possible courses of action

Question 19

Disclosure

Answer 19

An opening up or revelation about oneself

Question 20

Disruptive Activites

Answer 20

Self-serving behaviors that interfere with team effectiveness

Question 21

Disruptive Behaviors

Answer 21

Behaviors that harm group process

Question 22

Distributed leadership

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When all members of a team contribute helpful task and maintenance behaviors

Question 23

Diversity-Consensus Dilemma

Answer 23

The tendency for diversity in groups to create process difficulties even as it offers improved potential for problem solving

Question 24

Dyad

Answer 24

Connection between two people in a network

Question 25

Echo Chamber

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Occurs when the same beliefs or perspectives are amplified and reinforced in a social network

Question 26

Effective Team

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A team that achieves high levels of task performance, member satisfaction, and future viability

Question 27

Energizing Network

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A network where connections to others are fulfilling, fun, and motivating

Question 28

Equivalence

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Represents the extent to which the amount of what is given back is roughly the same as what was recieved

Question 29

Exchange

Answer 29

An action contingent upon a rewarding reaction

Question 30

Expressive Ties

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Ties characterized by friendship, kinship, and social support

Question 31

FIRO-B Theory

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Theory that identifies differences in how people relate to one another in groups based on their needs to express and receive feelings of inclusion, control, and affection

Question 32

Formal Team

Answer 32

An officially recognized collective that is supported by the organization

Question 33

Forming Stage

Answer 33

The initial entry of members to a team

Question 34

Friendly Helper

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New member in a group who is insecure, and suffering uncertainties or intimacy and control

Question 35

Functional Chimney Problem

Answer 35

A lack of communication across functions

Question 36

Groupthink

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A tendency for highly cohesive teams to lose their evaluative capablilites

Question 37

Heterogenous Teams

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Teams in which members are dissimilar to one another

Question 38

High-Quality LMX Relationships

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Relationships characterized by high levels of trust, respect, and loyalty

Question 39

Homogeneous Teams

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Teams in which members are similar to one another

Question 40

Homophily

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The tendency to form networks with those who are similar to you

Question 41

Idiosyncrasy Credits

Answer 41

Represent our ability to violate norms with others based on whether we have enough credits to cover the violation