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15 Great Resources For Your Dunbar’s Number Research
The following Dunbar’s Number resources are in chronological order by publication date. Enjoy! Thanks for reading!
What Is Dunbar’s Number? The Rule Of 150’s Origin, History, Nested Group Sizes
Dunbar’s Number reveals a fundamental constraint on human social organization that has profound implications for how we structure and manage groups. While we may aspire to maintain meaningful connections with hundreds or…
Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs: A Theory Of Human Motivation
Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) was an American psychologist and one of the founding figures of humanistic psychology, which emerged in the 1960s as a “third force” alternative to behaviorism and psychoanalysis. He believed…
Why Do People Join A Community? Love And Power
Why do people remain in, or even join, a community? Satisfying needs. “… men journey together with a view to some particular advantage, and to provide something that they need…”, as written by…
15 Great Resources For Your Team Role Group Dynamics DYOR
The following resources are in alphabetical order by title. Enjoy! Thanks for reading!
What Are The Nine Team Roles Useful In Group Goal Achievement?
“The types of behaviour in which people engage are infinite. But the range of useful behaviours, which make an effective contribution to team performance, is finite. These behaviours could be grouped into a set…
What Are The Functional Task And Social Roles Of Group Members?
Some roles are common amongst most groups and tend to emerge spontaneously. Separated by sociologists into either “task roles” or “social roles”, these “unformalized behavior patterns” and “situational identities”, develop over time…
Why Care About Roles? Social Dilemmas, Exchange Relationships, And Psychological Needs
According to R.H. Turner, a role is a “cluster of behaviors and attitudes that are thought to belong together” and role players are “guided by a set of expectations… so that an individual is viewed as…
The Developmental Sequence In Small Groups
In his work, Bruce W. Tuckman proposes four general stages of group development, stating that, “In the social realm, these stages in the developmental sequence are testing-dependence, conflict, cohesion, and functional roles. In the…