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Topic 4 Terms Flashcards

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Actors

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Individuals who form social relations with others

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Adjourning Stage

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Stage where teams disband when their work is finished

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Boundary Spanning

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Developing relationships that cross boundaries within or outside the organization

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Bridging Network

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A network in which you are connected to people who aren’t connected to one another

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Brokering Network

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A network connecting disparate groups of people so that access to goods, services, or information is enabled

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Centralized Communication Network

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Network where communication flows only between individual members and a hub, or center point

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Clique

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Group comprised of three or more actors all connected to each other

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Clusters

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Subgroups of actors who are tied together because they have similar traits or characteristics

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Cohesive Network

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Network in which the people you are connected to are connected to one another

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Cohesiveness

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The degree to which members are attracted to a group and motivated to remain part of it

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Collective Intelligence

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Shared intelligence that emerges when a group of people work together in a collaborative way

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Committee

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Group designated to work on a special task on a continuing basis

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Consensus

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Group decision that has the expressed support of most members

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Contagion Effect

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A spread of emotion across a group or network

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Cross-Functional Team

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Team that operates with members who come from different functional units of an organization

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De-Energizing Ties

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Those that leave people feeling drained, unhappy, and demotivated

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Decentralized Communication Network

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Network that allows all members to communicate directly with one another

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Decision Making

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The process of making choices among possible courses of action

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Disclosure

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An opening up or revelation about oneself

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Disruptive Activites

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Self-serving behaviors that interfere with team effectiveness

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Disruptive Behaviors

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Behaviors that harm group process

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Distributed leadership

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When all members of a team contribute helpful task and maintenance behaviors

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Diversity-Consensus Dilemma

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The tendency for diversity in groups to create process difficulties even as it offers improved potential for problem solving

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Dyad

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Connection between two people in a network

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Echo Chamber

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Occurs when the same beliefs or perspectives are amplified and reinforced in a social network

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Effective Team

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A team that achieves high levels of task performance, member satisfaction, and future viability

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Energizing Network

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A network where connections to others are fulfilling, fun, and motivating

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Equivalence

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Represents the extent to which the amount of what is given back is roughly the same as what was recieved

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Exchange

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An action contingent upon a rewarding reaction

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Expressive Ties

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Ties characterized by friendship, kinship, and social support

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FIRO-B Theory

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Theory that identifies differences in how people relate to one another in groups based on their needs to express and receive feelings of inclusion, control, and affection

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Formal Team

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An officially recognized collective that is supported by the organization

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Forming Stage

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The initial entry of members to a team

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Friendly Helper

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New member in a group who is insecure, and suffering uncertainties or intimacy and control

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Functional Chimney Problem

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A lack of communication across functions

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Groupthink

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A tendency for highly cohesive teams to lose their evaluative capablilites

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Heterogenous Teams

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Teams in which members are dissimilar to one another

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High-Quality LMX Relationships

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Relationships characterized by high levels of trust, respect, and loyalty

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Homogeneous Teams

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Teams in which members are similar to one another

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Homophily

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The tendency to form networks with those who are similar to you

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Idiosyncrasy Credits

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Represent our ability to violate norms with others based on whether we have enough credits to cover the violation

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