Group cohesion Flashcards
Cohesion
How the group is integrated to work together to achieve their goals, motivated by achievement or social success
Task cohesion
Working together to achieve tangible goals, based on results and outcome
Social cohesion
Individuals relating to each other to interact in the group
Interaction
Everyone completing different roles but integrating them together (basketball)
Coaction
Everyone completes the task at the same time but separately (rowing, synchronised diving)
Carron’s antecedents
The factors that may affect cohesion
What are the 4 antecedents
Environment, Personal, Team, Leadership
Environmental factors
Group size, age, geography and contracts
Personal factors
Group similarity, gender, aspirations
Leadership
Leader style and leader team relationship
Steiner’s model
Actual productivity = potential productivity - losses due to faulty processes
Actual productivity
Performance of a team during a game
Potential productivity
Maximum performance at optimal cohesiveness
Social loafing
Indiviudal lack of motivation due to lack of performance identification
Ringleman effect
Group performance decreases with group size
