Risky and cautious decision shifts in small groups

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19192844
AutoresTimothy R Cline (Temple University, autor de correspondencia), Rebecca J Cline (Temple University)
Año1979
Volumen44
Número3
Páginas252-263
Fecha de publicación1979-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSouthern Speech Communication Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0361-8269 • E-ISSN: 2469-9640
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10417947909372418
OpenAlexW1994693070
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas19

Research revealed a trend for discussion groups to reach decisions taking greater risks than the group members would recommend individually. While noting the social importance of this phenomenon, no investigators have examined the communication resulting in decision shifts. This investigation attempts to identify and compare the patterns of communication of groups making risky‐and cautious‐decision shifts. Risky‐and cautious‐shift group discussions displayed nonrandom and statistically different distributional and sequential structures. The findings were discussed in terms of two explanations of the risky‐shift phenomenon

Cognitive psychology · Communication in small groups · Epistemology · Group behavior · Phenomenon · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Social Psychology · Team Dynamics and Performance