group and group member performance

Question 1

Group Performance

Answer 1

Group Performance

productivity of groups is affected by the group’s level of cohesiveness and nature of the group’s performance-related norms.

1. group composition factor:
2. Homogeneous in KSAO likely to more cohesive and perform better on simple tasks and tasks that require cooperation and quick actions.
3. Hetergeneous: perform better on complex tasks and tasks that require creativity and/or complementary skills and information.

Question 2

Individual Performance

social Loafing

Answer 2

Participation in a group can affect individuals in a number of ways:

1. Social Loafing: negative outcome and occurs when an individual exerts less effort as a group member than he would have exerted if working alone.
2. most likely when members know that their contributions will not be recognized or think the outcomes depend on their effort.
3. increases as group size increases.
4. reduce likelihood of social loafing: make sure that individual contributions to the group are identifiable and rewarding each person based on their contributions to the group.

Question 3

Individual Performance

Social Facilitation

social inhibition

Answer 3

Social Facilitation: when the mere presence of others increases task performance

more likely when the task is simple or well-learned.

Social Inhibition: presence of others decreases performance

more likelywhen the task is complex or new (unlearned)