Social decision schemes under risk.

Davis, James H.; Kerr, Norbert L.; Sussmann, Mario; Rissman, A. Kent

doi:10.1037/h0036617

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“…Davis 1973, Davis et al 1974, Kerr et al 1975, Laughlin 1980 posits that group interaction is a process where a group maps a distribution of individual ideas and preferences into a collective decision. The theory of social combination models (e.g.…”

Section: Gss Generic Structures and Gss-task ®Tmentioning

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Impacts of GSS generic structures and task types on group communication process and outcome: Some expected and unexpected research findings

Huang

2003

Behaviour & Information Technology

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The contingency nature of GSS use implies that some GSS structures may be more suitable for supporting some task types than others. Research speci®cally examining eects of the GSS-task ®t on group process and outcome has been inadequate in GSS research literature. This research, therefore, focused on the GSS-task ®t. Two task types were used to explore the ®t: an intellective task that was chosen to elicit the good ®t and a preference task which was chosen to elicit the poor ®t. Half groups were provided with computer (GSS) support and the other half was not. Research results reported some expected and unexpected ®ndings. The good GSS-task ®t for the intellective task enhanced group communication in group process whereas the poor ®t for the preference task reduced group communication, as expected. However, the good ®t for an intellective task failed to increase group satisfaction, relative to the poor ®t for a preference task, which was unexpected. A possible reason for the unexpected results was suggested and discussed. The research ®ndings provide empirical evidences to support the argument that GSS may not be studied as a global entity in the future. Instead, more research needs to be done on GSS-task ®t to explore matches between speci®c GSS structures and speci®c task types.

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Section: Gss Generic Structures and Gss-task ®Tmentioning

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Impacts of GSS generic structures and task types on group communication process and outcome: Some expected and unexpected research findings

Huang

2003

Behaviour & Information Technology

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“…Laughlin and Sweeney (1977) found that the strategies groups and individuals used in a concept attainment task did not differ but that groups used these strategies more consistently than individuals. Davis, Kerr, Sussmann, and Rissman (1974) found that individuals used four pieces of information to make judgments in a duplex bet task. Groups also used the same pieces of information to make their judgments but used the information in a more reliable fashion.…”

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The emerging conceptualization of groups as information processors.

Hinsz

Tindale²,

Vollrath³

1997

Psychological Bulletin

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A selective review of research highlights the emerging view of groups as information processors. In this review, the authors include research on processing objectives, attention, encoding, storage, retrieval, processing, response, feedback, and learning in small interacting task groups. The groups as information processors perspective underscores several characteristic dimensions of variability in group performance of cognitive tasks, namely, commonality-uniqueness of information, convergence-diversity of ideas, accentuation-attenuation of cognitive processes, and belongingnessdistinctiveness of members. A combination of contributions framework provides an additional conceptualization of information processing in groups. The authors also address implications, caveats, and questions for future research and theory regarding groups as information processors.In this information age, groups increasingly perform cognitive tasks (Galegher, Krant, & Egido, 1990;Salas, Dickinson, Converse, & Tannenbaum, 1992;Walsh & Ungson, 1991;Weick & Roberts, 1993 ). The nature of small-group research has changed correspondingly (see Bettenhausen, 199 l;Guzzo & Shea, 1992;Levine & Moreland, 1990; and Moreland, Hogg, & Halns, 1994, for reviews) to emphasize intellectual and cognitive tasks (e.g., Hinsz, 1990;Sniezek & Henry, 1989;Stasser, Taylor, & Hanna, 1989;Tindale, 1989;and Vollrath, Sheppard, Hinsz, & Davis, 1989). This change resembles a paradigm shift (Ktthn, 1970), albeit not as dramatic, perhaps because no one paradigm dominates small-group performance research (McGrath, 1993). The emerging view of groups as information processors extends methodological and theoretical developments in cognitive psychology to research in small-group performance. In this article, we selectively review relevant research to highlight how taskperforming groups process information. Rather than advocate that small-group research ought to examine groups as information processors, we document how research has already moved in that direction. To integrate our review, we identify several important dimensions of information processing in groups and

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“…Simple majority, in which the group decision is that favored by more than half of the group members, is the best-fitting social combination process for attitudinal judgments and preferences among bets, especially when the majority position is in the direction of prevailing values or norms (e.g., Cvetkovich & Baumgardner, 1973;Davis, Kerr, Sussmann, & Rissman, 1974;Kerr, Davis, Meek, & Rissman, 1975;Lambert, 1976;Zaleska, 1976Zaleska, , 1978. Attitudinal judgments and preferences among bets are judgmental tasks because they are based on values rather than demonstrably correct answers.…”

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A Theory of Collective Induction

Laughlin¹

1989

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Social decision schemes under risk.

Abstract: 2 A generally satisfactory definition of risk has not yet been proposed (see further the discussion by Coombs & Huang, 1970). Consequently, we will follow the conventions prevalent in the group decision literature.

Cited by 56 publications

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Impacts of GSS generic structures and task types on group communication process and outcome: Some expected and unexpected research findings

Impacts of GSS generic structures and task types on group communication process and outcome: Some expected and unexpected research findings

The emerging conceptualization of groups as information processors.

A Theory of Collective Induction

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