Publication date: June 2024
Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 62
Author(s): Fan Ouyang, Liyin Zhang, Mian Wu, Pengcheng Jiao
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Publication date: June 2024
Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 62
Author(s): Fan Ouyang, Liyin Zhang, Mian Wu, Pengcheng Jiao
Group Processes &Intergroup Relations, Ahead of Print.
Objective:When task groups depend on all members’ contributions, one poor performer can threaten the entire group’s goal attainment. The model of pro-group intent (M-PGI) stipulates that group responses to such poor performers are primarily determined by the group’s assessment of that person’s willingness to help the group (attributed pro-group intent). Despite supportive evidence, past research has neglected whether model predictions hold under conditions more representative of group life. The current study thus tests the M-PGI in (a) personal interaction, (b) settings beyond the work context, and (c) repeated decisions.Method:The current paper reports two experiments using repeated decision scenarios across a range of group situations (i.e., within-participant designs). The main experiment, moreover, manipulated whether two group members discussed their response to a described poor performer (interacting dyads) or decided individually (nominal dyads; between-participant factor).Results:Results provide consistent evidence for the M-PGI across contexts. Process analyses provide some evidence that model effects were stronger in interacting (vs. nominal) dyads.Conclusions:Interacting groups focus on poor performers’ intent when determining their responses. I discuss the implications of the M-PGI for group dynamics theory and research, as well as a range of applied fields.
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