Detecting groupthink: Methods for observing the illusion of unanimity

Cline, Robert E.

doi:10.1080/01463379009369748

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“…Researchers have tended to study limited components of the groupthink model (e.g., Bernthal & Insko, 1993;Callaway & Esser, 1984;Cline, 1990;Courtright, 1978;Flowers, 1977;Fodor & Smith, 1982;Leana, 1985). This fits with what Turner, Pratkanis, Probasco, and Leve (1992) refer to as an additive interpretation of groupthink.…”

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Examining the Symptoms of Groupthink and Retrospective Sensemaking

Henningsen

Eden

et al. 2006

Small Group Research

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The symptoms of groupthink traditionally have been treated as part of a single process associated with poor decision making in groups. The present study explores the symptoms of groupthink as reflecting two distinct processes that vary depending on the confidence individuals have in the decision favored by the group. It is further argued that past research using qualitative approaches may produce an illusory correlation among the groupthink symptoms because of retrospective sensemaking occurring when individuals have evidence they have made a poor decision. An experiment, providing support for each of these contentions, is performed.

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Section: Symptoms Of Groupthinkmentioning

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Examining the Symptoms of Groupthink and Retrospective Sensemaking

Henningsen

Eden

et al. 2006

Small Group Research

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“…Group cohesiveness seems to play a leading role. In a study by Cline (), participants exhibiting groupthink characteristics reported significantly greater cohesiveness in their groups than participants who did not engage in groupthink behavior. Although group cohesiveness is a necessary condition in the occurrence of groupthink, it is not sufficient; one or both of the other antecedent conditions must also be present (Hart, ; Rose, ).…”

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The effects of perceived anonymity and anonymity states on conformity and groupthink in online communities: A Wikipedia study

Tsikerdekis

2013

J Am Soc Inf Sci Tec

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Groupthink behavior is always a risk in online groups and group decision support systems (GDSS), especially when not all potential alternatives for problem resolution are considered. It becomes a reality when individuals simply conform to the majority opinion and hesitate to suggest their own solutions to a problem. Anonymity has long been established to have an effect on conformity, but no previous research has explored the effects of different anonymity states in relation to an individual's likelihood to conform. Through a survey of randomly chosen participants from the English-language Wikipedia community, I explored the effects of anonymity on the likelihood of conforming to group opinion. In addition, I differentiated between actual states of anonymity and individuals' perceptions of anonymity. His findings indicate that although people perceive anonymity differently depending on their anonymity state, different states of anonymity do not have a strong effect on the likelihood of conforming to group opinion. Based on this evidence, I make recommendations for software engineers who have a direct hand in the design of online community platforms.

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“…Aberystwyth" (Dafydd, 2008, p.62) The relational space created by the tour allowed many of its participants to be lured further into the real-and-imagined world of Aberystwyth, Mon Amour, fuelled by their own identities, their imaginative reading, and the material geography of the town itself. However, despite the attraction of these imaginative musings on a recreational sunny dayalong with the capacity for 'group think' on such an inherently collaborative event (see Cline, 1990)others on the tour remained reluctant to forgive the creative interpretations of the town which they found in the novel.…”

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Attuning to the affective in literary tourism: Emotional states inAberystwyth, Mon Amour.

Anderson

Smith

2019

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On a literary walking tour, many emotional 'states' are experienced by participants. These states have multiple causes, products and consequences, influenced in part by the socio-spatial identities of participants, their own imagined versions of the novel, and the material and cultural geographies of the tour itself. The Literary Atlas project sought to examine these emotional states by conducting literary walking tours based on Englishlanguage novels set in Wales. This paper attunes to the emotional states experienced by participants on one of these tours, based on the locations in Malcolm Pryce's Aberystwyth Mon Amour. The paper examines the ways in which these states cohere and collide to actively constitute the ongoing composition of the real-and-imagined worlds produced through this emergent literary geography.

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Detecting groupthink: Methods for observing the illusion of unanimity

Cited by 14 publications

References 11 publications

Examining the Symptoms of Groupthink and Retrospective Sensemaking

Examining the Symptoms of Groupthink and Retrospective Sensemaking

The effects of perceived anonymity and anonymity states on conformity and groupthink in online communities: A Wikipedia study

Attuning to the affective in literary tourism: Emotional states inAberystwyth, Mon Amour.

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