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ERIC Number: EJ391822
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Decision Development in Small Groups V: Test of a Contingency Model.
Poole, Marshall Scott; Roth, Jonelle
Human Communication Research, v15 n4 p549-89 Sum 1989
Tests a model of the factors that influence groups to follow various paths as they make decisions. Uses three panels of contingency variables to predict properties of the group's developmental path. Finds that group decision paths and their properties can be predicted as a function of task and relational contingencies. (MS)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Developmental Stages, Group Dynamics, Group Testing, Higher Education, Models, Organizational Communication, Participative Decision Making, Predictor Variables
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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