Perceived Threat, Cohesion, and Group Problem Solving in Intergroup Conflict

Rempel, Martin W.; Fisher, Ronald J.

doi:10.1108/eb022796

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“…Apart from the positive factors, some negative factors may also influence a group's cohesiveness. Several studies [6], [7] revealed that threats to a group and competition with another group may also increase a group's cohesiveness.…”

Section: A Group-level Cohesion (Psychological Aspects)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Predicting Group Cohesiveness in Images

Ghosh

Dhall

Sebe

et al. 2019

2019 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)

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The cohesiveness of a group is an essential indicator of the emotional state, structure and success of a group of people. We study the factors that influence the perception of grouplevel cohesion and propose methods for estimating the humanperceived cohesion on the group cohesiveness scale. In order to identify the visual cues (attributes) for cohesion, we conducted a user survey. Image analysis is performed at a group-level via a multi-task convolutional neural network. For analyzing the contribution of facial expressions of the group members for predicting the Group Cohesion Score (GCS), a capsule network is explored. We add GCS to the Group Affect database and propose the 'GAF-Cohesion database'. The proposed model performs well on the database and is able to achieve near human-level performance in predicting a group's cohesion score. It is interesting to note that group cohesion as an attribute, when jointly trained for group-level emotion prediction, helps in increasing the performance for the later task. This suggests that group-level emotion and cohesion are correlated.

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Section: A Group-level Cohesion (Psychological Aspects)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Predicting Group Cohesiveness in Images

Ghosh

Dhall

Sebe

et al. 2019

2019 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)

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“…The within group characteristics create situational opportunities and constraints (Johns, 2001) that may serve to moderate the hypothesized relationships described above. It is important for researchers to attempt to examine management and employee related phenomena from a cross-level or contextualized viewpoint (Louis et al, 2004;Rempel and Fisher, 1997).…”

Section: Contextualizing the Central Relationship Within Cohesive Groupsmentioning

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Good organizational soldiers: conflict‐related stress predicts citizenship behavior

Karam

2011

International Journal of Conflict Management

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Purpose -The purpose of this study is to examine employee behavior in times of conflict. The author seeks to examine the relationship between employee conflict-related stress and engagement in organizational citizenship behavior and to explore cohesiveness as a potential cross-level moderator of this relationship. Design/methodology/approach -Survey data were collected as part of a larger study examining organizational citizenship in the Middle East. During data collection armed conflict broke out in Lebanon. A total of 553 employees working in 62 workgroups participated. Hierarchical liner modeling was used to test the hypotheses. Findings -Contrary to previous research, employees engaged in more OCB when they experienced greater amounts of stress. This relationship is more pronounced in cohesive groups than in non-cohesive groups Research limitations/implications -The results extend the understanding of the stress-OCB relationship within the context of conflict. Furthermore, these findings bring to light the tremendous importance of paying attention to context and the nested-nature of human behavior.Practical implications -This study highlights that even under armed conflict; employees continue to work and are willing to put in extra effort at work to help coworkers and the organization in general. Social implications -The results suggest that extraordinary times call for extraordinary efforts and that employees often meet this challenge through their engagement in behaviors that will contribute positively to the social-psychological environment of the workplace. Originality/value -The paper provides a unique examination of employee behavior in times of conflict. It is a rare instance of fieldwork in conflict zones and it adds to the paucity of research within the Middle East.

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“…A force perceived as a threat can decrease problem-solving effectiveness, leading to a phenomenon known as ''group think,'' 35 characterized by group members trying to decrease conflict by reaching consensus without critically analyzing or discussing the situation. This leads to lower problem-solving efficacy and creativity.…”

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The Associations Between Residents' Behavior and the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict MODE Instrument

Ogunyemi¹,

Fong²,

Elmore³

et al. 2010

Journal of Graduate Medical Education

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Objective To assess if the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict MODE Instrument predicts residents’ performance. Study Design Nineteen residents were assessed on the Thomas-Kilmann conflict modes of competing, collaborating, compromising, accommodating, and avoiding. Residents were classified as contributors (n = 6) if they had administrative duties or as concerning (n = 6) if they were on remediation for academic performance and/or professionalism. Data were compared to faculty evaluations on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competencies. P value of < .05 was considered significant. Results Contributors had significantly higher competing scores (58% versus 17%; P = .01), with lower accommodating (50% versus 81%; P 5 .01) and avoiding (32% versus 84%; P = .01) scores; while concerning residents had significantly lower collaborating scores (10% versus 31%; P = .01), with higher avoiding (90% versus 57%; P = .006) and accommodating (86% versus 65%; P = .03) scores. There were significant positive correlations between residents’ collaborating scores with faculty ACGME competency evaluations of medical knowledge, communication skills, problem-based learning, system-based practice, and professionalism. There were also positive significant correlations between compromising scores and faculty evaluations of problem-based learning and professionalism with negative significant correlations between avoiding scores and faculty evaluations of problem-based learning, communication skills and professionalism. Conclusions Residents who successfully execute administrative duties are likely to have a Thomas-Kilmann profile high in collaborating and competing but low in avoiding and accommodating. Residents who have problems adjusting are likely to have the opposite profile. The profile seems to predict faculty evaluation on the ACGME competencies.

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Perceived Threat, Cohesion, and Group Problem Solving in Intergroup Conflict

Cited by 33 publications

References 19 publications

Predicting Group Cohesiveness in Images

Predicting Group Cohesiveness in Images

Good organizational soldiers: conflict‐related stress predicts citizenship behavior

The Associations Between Residents' Behavior and the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict MODE Instrument

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