Group cohesion is a dynamic process where the group tends to remain together and united in the pursuit of its goal for the satisfaction of the affective needs of group members (Paskevich, Estabrooks, Brawley, and Carron, 2001). Team cohesion exists where players are united in a common purpose (Cashmore, 2002). Athletes often spend time together or share common interests outside of their chosen ...

This paper empirically investigates the impact of normative social influence on group homogeneity in media preferences and group meeting outcomes in a setting where 58 student groups voluntarily used various communication media over a three-month software development project period. Group homogeneity in media preferences was argued to mediate the impact of normative social influence on group me...

Organizations search for effective ways working groups or teams can communicate. With the proliferation of computer mediated technology and the increasing channel richness provided by technology, organizations, as a result of technology, have reduced face-to-face meetings. This research focuses of the importance of media richness and the cohesion a group experiences by looking at eighty-seven 5...

Resumen Background: Authentic leadership (AL) is a kind of leadership that inspires and promotes positive psychological capacities, underlining the moral and ethical component of behavior. The proposed investigation studies the relations among AL, cohesion, and group identifi cation in security and emergency teams. Method: A cross-sectional research design was conducted in which participated 22...