Defining Group Cohesiveness

The Strength of Weak Ties

1973 • 36,856 citations

Educational Organizations as Loosely Coupled Systems

1976 • 6,884 citations

Decision making: A psychological analysis of conflict, choice, and commitment

1978 • 3,841 citations

Social Pressures in Informal Groups

1950 • 1,742 citations

Substitutes for leadership: Their meaning and measurement

1978 • 1,679 citations

Informal social communication.

1950 • 1,306 citations

Group cohesiveness as interpersonal attraction: A review of relationships with antecedent and consequent variables.

1965 • 777 citations

Cohesiveness in Sport Groups: Interpretations ani Considerations

1982 • 476 citations

Group Cohesiveness in the Industrial Work Group.

1955 • 463 citations

Influence through social communication.

1951 • 436 citations

Situational moderators of leader reward and punishment behaviors: Fact or fiction?

1984 • 429 citations

The Division of Labor

1981 • 418 citations

Attribution of the “causes” of performance: A general alternative interpretation of cross-sectional research on organizations

1975 • 367 citations

Interpersonal attraction, social identification and psychological group formation

1985 • 364 citations

Understanding groups in organizations.

1987 • 345 citations

On Group Cohesiveness

1952 • 253 citations

Statistics of Social Configurations

1938 • 248 citations

Cohesion as a Basic Bond in Groups

1983 • 226 citations

Task group structure, communication, and effectiveness in three organizations.

1977 • 196 citations

Relationships Between Leader Reward and Punishment Behavior and Group Processes and Productivity

1985 • 191 citations

A Partial Test of Janis' Groupthink Model: Effects of Group Cohesiveness and Leader Behavior on Defective Decision Making

1985 • 162 citations

The Psychology of Group Processes

1979 • 160 citations

Group Cohesion

1980 • 151 citations

Group cohesiveness, social norms, and bystander intervention.

1983 • 149 citations

A CATASTROPHE MODEL OF EMPLOYEE WITHDRAWAL LEADING TO LOW JOB PERFORMANCE, HIGH ABSENTEEISM, AND JOB TURNOVER DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT.

1985 • 149 citations

The impact of normative social influence and cohesiveness on task perceptions and attitudes: A social information processing approach

1985 • 144 citations

A longitudinal field investigation of the impact of group composition on group performance and cohesion.

1976 • 140 citations

A laboratory test of some implications of Janis's groupthink hypothesis.

1977 • 136 citations

The social context of leader–subordinate relations: An investigation of the effects of group cohesiveness.

1980 • 134 citations

Substitutes for Leadership: Test of a Construct.

1981 • 134 citations

Effects of performance on leadership, cohesiveness, influence, satisfaction, and subsequent performance.

1969 • 132 citations

The power motive as an influence on group decision making.

1982 • 130 citations

Components of Group Cohesion

1983 • 120 citations

The disruption and cohesion of groups.

1941 • 105 citations

GROUPTHINK: EFFECTS OF COHESIVENESS AND PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCEDURES ON GROUP DECISION MAKING

1984 • 103 citations

Leadership and Substitutes for Leadership Among Professional and Nonprofessional Workers

1986 • 101 citations

The effect of leniency on leader behavior descriptions

1979 • 86 citations

A Multidimensional Group Cohesion Instrument for Intercollegiate Basketball Teams

1984 • 85 citations

Cohesion and Disintegration in the American Army

1976 • 78 citations

Contextual Model of Leadership Influence in Hospital Units.

1984 • 77 citations

The Potential for "Groupthink" in Autonomous Work Groups

1982 • 71 citations

Cohesiveness and performance: Covariation and causality in an undersea environment

1975 • 66 citations

Two Dimensions of Cohesiveness in Small Groups

1965 • 66 citations

Group Variables and Gaming Success

1980 • 63 citations

The effects of threat and frustration on group cohesiveness.

1957 • 61 citations

Metaphor Analysis of Cohesiveness in Small Discussion Groups

1985 • 59 citations

“Group cohesiveness” in laboratory experiments

1959 • 55 citations

Factors Influencing the Success and Failure of Two Quality Circle Programs

1985 • 54 citations

Leader–group interactions: A longitudinal field investigation.

1980 • 52 citations

Boys and girls together: Sexual composition and the effect of density and group size on cohesiveness.

1975 • 52 citations

Attribution of the “causes” of performance: A constructive, quasi-longitudinal replication of the staw (1975) study

1979 • 51 citations

Effects of command style and group cohesiveness on the performance effectiveness of self-selected tank crews.

1982 • 51 citations

The Effects of Group Performance on Cognitions, Satisfaction, and Behavior: A Process Model

1984 • 47 citations

Boundary conditions for performance cue effects on group process ratings: Familiarity versus type of feedback

1980 • 45 citations

Implicit theories of performance as artifacts in survey research: A replication and extension

1978 • 43 citations

Combined effects of interpersonal attraction and goal-path clarity on the cohesiveness of task oriented groups.

1975 • 41 citations

Observations from the Sinai: The Boredom Factor

1985 • 41 citations

Group Processes and Performance in A Complex Business Simulation

1985 • 38 citations

Groupthink: Hypothesis in Need of Testing

1982 • 37 citations

Group Cohesiveness as a Determinant of Egocentric Perceptions in Cooperative Groups

1977 • 33 citations

Effects of person-group and intragroup attitude similarity on perceived group attractiveness and cohesiveness

1971 • 33 citations

Effects of Goal Specificity and Performance Feedback to Work Groups on Peer Leadership, Performance, and Attitudes

1979 • 33 citations

Group Performance and Cohesiveness: An Attribution Analysis

1983 • 28 citations

Relationship between Locus of Control, Perceived Group Cohesiveness, and Satisfaction with Coworkers

1978 • 27 citations

Group Cohesiveness

1975 • 26 citations

Composition and Orientation Effects on Group Cohesion

1977 • 26 citations

Behavioural style and group cohesiveness as sources of minority influence

1979 • 25 citations

The Influence of Group Cohesiveness on Some Changes Induced by Flexitime: A Quasi-Experiment

1984 • 24 citations

Cohesiveness and social responsibility as determinants of group risk taking.

1971 • 23 citations

Group Members' Self-Disclosures

1983 • 23 citations

Group Cohesion, Task Performance, and the Experimenter Expectancy Effect

1978 • 22 citations

Manifest and latent influence of majorities and minorities.

1985 • 21 citations

Ideology and Primary Groups

1983 • 15 citations

The Utility of Maintaining Work Relationships Openly: An Experimental Study

1979 • 15 citations

Common Group Problems

1981 • 14 citations

Effects of gender differences and selection agent expertise on leader influence and performance evaluations

1984 • 14 citations

The effects of sex composition on cohesiveness and interpersonal learning in short-term personal growth groups.

1986 • 14 citations

The Effects of Cohesiveness and Collaboration on Work Groups: A Theoretical Model

1977 • 13 citations

Reciprocity, Cohesiveness and Cooperation in Two-Person Games

1975 • 13 citations

Measuring group cohesiveness.

1954 • 11 citations

Cohesiveness Development in an Ongoing Therapy Group

1983 • 9 citations

Comparison of Relationships Among Team Cohesion Scores and Measures of Team Success in Male Varsity Basketball Teams

1981 • 8 citations

Effects of selection agent and leader origin on leader influence and group member perceptions

1980 • 8 citations

Expectational Composition and Development of Group Cohesiveness across Time Periods

1980 • 6 citations