Individual Contribution in Brain-storming: Does Group Composition Make a Difference?

• 영문명: Individual Contribution in Brain-storming: Does Group Composition Make a Difference?
• 발행기관: 대한사고개발학회
• 저자명: Wai-Kin Yip Chun-Ming Chow Kin-Wai Cheng Chi-Ping Cheuk Catherine McBride-Chang
• 간행물 정보: 『The International Journal of Creativity & Problem Solving』제17권 제2호, 77~84쪽, 전체 8쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2007.10.31

영문 초록

Factors affecting individual performance in group tasks such as social loafing and social facilitation have been widely investigated. Past studies compared groups made up of friends or strangers based on prior acquaintance before the experiment, without directly manipulating the level of group cohesiveness. Based on Karau and William's (1997) rationale about the effect of group cohesiveness on social facilitation and social loafing, we tested two hypotheses: (1) When individual members do brain-storming in high cohesiveness group, they work harder and generate more ideas (social facilitation). (2) When individual members do brain-storming in low cohesiveness group, they work less hard and generate fewer ideas (social loafing). Results supported the second hypothesis, but failed to support the first one.

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Cohesiveness Brain-storming Social loafing Social facilitation