Organizational task performance in male and female groups. [TR 58]
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Technical Report no.58
The authors analyze different ways that problem solving groups organize structurally. The argument applies to all groups but because of historical facts, all-male and all-female groups instantiate the situations described. Essentially, groups that organize around recognized (“legitimate”) characteristics are more effective than groups in which organizing principles are unclear or inconsistent. While males usually organize in this way, females often use differing or ambiguous principles, and thus, are less effective. Explicit authorized designation of a leader in all-female groups should remove ambiguity in all-female groups and make their interaction patterns more similar to those in all-male groups. The analysis and predictions were supported by research on discussion groups. Walker and Fennell (1986) refer to this research.
[Abstract by Murray Webster, 2014.]
Description
Type of resource | text |
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Date created | [ca. 1977] |
Creators/Contributors
Author | McMahon, Anne Meneve, 1943- |
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Author | Barchas, Patricia R. |
Author | Cohen, Elizabeth G. |
Author | Hildebrand, Polly |
Author | Fennell, Mary |
Publisher | Laboratory for Social Research, Stanford University Department of Sociology |
Subjects
Subject | Small groups - Sex differences |
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Subject | Sex differences (Psychology) - Social aspects |
Subject | Social sciences -Experiments |
Subject | TR#58 |
Subject | Technical report no. 58 |
Subject | Stanford University Department of Sociology |
Subject | Laboratory for Social Research. |
Genre | Technical report |
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- McMahon, Anne Meneve, and Barchas, Patricia R. and Cohen, Elizabeth G. and Hildebrand, Polly and Fennell, Mary. (1977). Organizational task performance in male and female groups. Technical Report; #58, Laboratory for Social Research, Stanford University Department of Sociology. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/gk513mw3909
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