Journal article
The Committee Charge, Framing Interpersonal Agreement, and Consensus Models of Group Quantitative Judgment
Organizational behavior and human decision processes, Vol.72(2), pp.137-157
11/1997
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/121346
Abstract
Procedural mechanisms, ostensibly serving to facilitate the consensus process in group decision making, have also been observed to influence process and outcome, frequently in unexpected and undesirable ways. Procedural influence in this study was attributable to the initial enabling charge that focused the group consensus process on task performance, interpersonal relations, or nothing. Both task- and interpersonally oriented groups allocatedlessmoney on average to an AIDS awareness educational program than did un-charged groups, and groups generally allocatedlessmoney than independent individuals who worked alone. Explanation focused on discussion as norm enhancing and committee charge as further intensifying norm salience, albeit in a somewhat unexpected direction. A “social judgment scheme” model based on the pattern of member preferences, and member positions in that pattern, accurately predicted group quantitative judgments within each experimental condition, whereas plausible alternative models and baselines did not. Among other findings, post-group member confidence in the decision was higher than that of parallel individuals, and highest among those from “task-oriented” groups; the latter also were more willing than ex-members of “interpersonally oriented” groups to discriminate among fellow members in retrospectively evaluating the relative contributions of each other.
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- Title
- The Committee Charge, Framing Interpersonal Agreement, and Consensus Models of Group Quantitative Judgment
- Creators
- James H Davis - University of Illionois, Urbana-ChampaignPaul Zarnoth - University of Illionois, Urbana-ChampaignLorne Hulbert - University of KentXiao-ping Chen - Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyCraig Parks - Washington State UniversityKidok Nam - National Military Academy of South Korea
- Publication Details
- Organizational behavior and human decision processes, Vol.72(2), pp.137-157
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Identifiers
- 99900631431701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article