The Effects of Different Group Sex Compositions on Support Rates and Coalition Formation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12926090 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Reginald A H Robson (University of British Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 244-262 |
| Publication date | 1971-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1755-6171 • E-ISSN: 1755-618X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1755-618x.1971.tb02365.x |
| OpenAlex | W2012897652 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
Une réplique des expériences de T. M. Mills sur des coalitions dans les triades, en variant la composition par sexe du groupe, met en lumière le fait que les femmes apportent un meilleur appui que les hommes, qu'elles établissent un plus grand nombre de coalitions et répartissent leur appui de f aeon plus équitable parmi les autres membres lorsqu'elles entrent en interaction avec des personnes de meme sexe. Tandis que le membre le plus inactif de la triade masculine devient un isole, le moins actif de la triade féminine regoit le meilleur appui émotif. Le modele de coalition typique dans la triade masculine est une coalition de deux membres et un isolé: dans le groupe féminin les trois membres du groupe etablissent des coalitions. Dans les triades mixtes, l'impact de l'interaction des membres d'un sexe avec ceux du sexe opposé est de faconner leurs comportements à l'image de ceux des autres. On suggère que le processus qui influence la constitution de coalitions dans les triades mixtes est reliéà la concurrence que se livrent les deux membres du meme sexe pour obtenir l'appui du membre du sexe opposé. Dans une telle situation il n'est pas rare de constater que le membre du sexe minoritaire devient un mediateur entre les deux membres majoritaires du sexe opposé. II s'ensuit une formation de deux coalitions composée du membre minoritaire et d'un membre majoritaire et parfois, des coalitions entre les trois membres du groupe. A replication of T. M. Mills' experiments dealing with coalition‐formation in triads, varying the sex composition of the group, reveals that females are more supportive, form more coalitions and distribute their support more equally among others when interacting with members of the same sex, than males do. While the least active member of the triad becomes an isolate in the 3‐male groups, the least active member in 3‐female groups receives more support than any other group member. The typical coalition pattern in the 3‐male groups is a coalition between two, with the third being an isolate: in the 3‐female groups, coalitions develop between all three members of the group. In the mixed‐sex groups, the effect of interacting with members of the opposite sex on both men and women is to make their behaviour more like the other's. It is suggested that the process that governs the formation of coalitions in mixed‐sex triads is that of competition between the two majority‐sex members for the support of the one member of the other sex, which often leads to the minority‐sex member mediating between the competing pair of the opposite sex, and this results in the formation of two coalitions between the minority‐sex member and each of the majority‐sex members in the group, and sometimes even in the eventual establishment of coalitions between all three members of the group
Humanities · Political science · Sociology · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Philosophy · Social and Intergroup Psychology
Effects of need for affiliation, sex, and the sight of others upon initial communications in problem-solving groups1
Sex of Observer and Spousal Roles in Decision Making
Coalitions in Mixed-Sex Triads
Sex Roles in a Three-Person Game
Strategy in a Feminine Game
Sex Role Differentiation in Jury Deliberations
Task and Social Behavior in Marriage
Sex role, cooperation and competition in a two-person, non-zero sum game
Sex differences in factors contributing to the level of cooperation in the Prisoner's Dilemma game
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1978 - 1983 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |