Social networks and perceptions of intergroup conflict: the role of negative relationships and third parties

Article Abstract:

This study investigated the relationship between interpersonal relationships among members of different departments and individuals' perceptions of intergroup conflict within an organization. Although friendships across groups were not significantly related to perceptions of intergroup conflict, negative relationships were associated with higher perceived intergroup conflict. Perceptions of intergroup conflict were also significantly related to indirect relationships through friends, and an amplification effect was uncovered. Finally, low intragroup cohesiveness was significantly related to higher perceptions of intergroup conflict. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Research, Social networks, Interpersonal relations, Organizational behavior, Interpersonal conflict, Intergroup relations

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When is an hour not 60 minutes? Deadlines, temporal schemata, and individual and task group performance

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Variation in how deadlines are experienced based on whether they match culturally entrained milestones is investigated. The starting times on two experimental tasks were manipulated as prototypical or atypical, with the participants in the first experiment being asked to create a television commercial in one hour and the participants in the other experiment being allocated two tasks with equal division of time between two tasks. A combined analysis of the two experiments revealed that individuals with atypical starting times performed more poorly on their second tasks.

Analysis, Time management, Task analysis

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Group social capital and group effectiveness: The role of informal socializing ties

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The concept of group social capital, which is the configuration of group members' social relationships within a group and in the social structure of a broader organization, is studied. The proposition that group effectiveness is maximized via optimal configuration of different conducts for such capital is tested.

Organizational research, Business networks (Social groups)

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