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| The state of being involved with others; a human need |
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| The emotion of caring for others and/ or being cared for |
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| The ability to influence our environment |
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| Small group communication |
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| Interaction among 3-9 people working together to achieve an interdependent goal |
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| Also called secondary groups; groups formed for the purpose of completing tasks, such as solving problems or making decisions |
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| Relationship- oriented groups |
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| Also called primary groups; groups that are usually long term and exist to meet our needs for inclusion and affection |
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| Groups that evolve out of a hierarchy whereby individuals are assigned membership to the group |
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| Group resulting from environmental conditions leading to the formation of a cohesive group of individuals |
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| A process of using communication to influence the behaviors and attitudes of others to meet group goals |
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| Someone who has been appointed or elected to a leadership position |
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| Someone who becomes an informal leader by exerting influence toward achievement of a group's goal but who does not hold the formal position or role of leader |
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| Interpersonal influence that forms the basis for group leadership |
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| Leaders who encourage members to participate in group decisions |
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| Leaders who take almost no initiative in structuring a group discussion |
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| Leaders who maintain strict control over their group |
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| Informal rules for group interaction created and sustained through communication |
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| A consistent pattern of interaction or behavior exhibited over time |
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| Also called positional role; an assigned role based on an individual's position or title within a group |
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| Also called a behavioral role; a role that is developed spontaneously within a group |
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| Behaviors that are directly relevant to the group's task and that affect the group's productivity |
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| Behaviors that focus on the interpersonal relationships among group members |
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| Behaviors that serve the needs of the individual at the expense of the group |
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| The emotional tone or atmosphere members create within the group |
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| An unintended outcome of cohesion in which the desire for cohesion and agreement takes precedence over critical analysis and discussion |
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| The socially negotiated system of rules that guide group behavior |
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| The presence of observable and/ or implicit differences among group members |
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| Group tasks for which no one member has all the necessary information but each member has some information to contribute |
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| Group tasks that require little coordination and that can be completed by the most skilled member working alone |
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| The standards by which a group must judge potential solutions |
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| Groups of people who have an interest in the actions of an organization |
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| Group decision support system |
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| An interactive network of computers with specialized software allowing user to generate solutions for unstructured problems |
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| An expressed struggle between 2 or more members of a group |
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