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This paper focuses on task groups in organizations, while much of the research on small groups focuses on the individual. In the individual approach, the group is seen as a setting that shapes individual attitudes, attributions, and decisions. A recent chapter on Intergroup Relations (stephan, 1984: 599) exemplifies this approach: First, the level of analysis of a social psychological inquiry into intergroup relations is the individual and his or her relationships with social groups. The primary justification for focusing on the individual level of analysis is that it is the individual's perception of social reality and the processing of this information that influence individual behavior. Missing from this perspective is the study of groups qua groups and how a group interacts with its context.
An alternative focus for small group research is to look from the group boundary outward. An external perspective shifts the focus of research so that 1) the group is the level of analysis, 2) the social context of groups is examined to explain behavior, and 3) the group has an existence and purpose apart from serving as a setting and apart from the individuals who compose it (pfeffer.
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Deborah Ancona is the Seley Distinguished Professor of Management at the Sloan School of Management at MIT. She received bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Columbia University. Prior to joining MIT, she was on the faculty of the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College. Professor Ancona's major research interests include group processes, team performance, boundary management, and time and timing in organizations. She has published articles in these areas in Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and Group and Organization Studies.
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