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Download full textGouran, Dennis S. – 1969
During a study of group communication, efforts were made to identify variables that distinguish statements of consensus groups from those of non-consensus groups, and to determine if and how relationships between consecutive statements differ for the 2 types of groups. Six students in each of 3 consensus and 3 non-consensus groups discussed the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discriminant Analysis, Group Behavior, Group Discussion
Gouran, Dennis S.; Guadagnino, Christopher S. – 1988
This annotated bibliography on leadership, compiled to help individuals determine where to begin in the massive amount of published material on the subject, contains 52 entries dated from 1980 forward. The selections have been made with a view towards the needs of both those interested in the practical aspects of leadership and those who may have…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Group Discussion, Group Dynamics, Higher Education
Gouran, Dennis S.; Baird, John E., Jr. – Speech Monographs, 1972
Article deals with a study that relates structure in terms of the relative frequency of occurrence of given classifications of discussion statements, and to examine the degree of structure which emerges in both problem-solving and informal group discussions. (Author/ML)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Experimental Groups, Group Discussion
Gouran, Dennis S. – 1978
An example of how the quality of research on small groups could be enhanced is to develop a framework of scholarship around a series of hierarchical guiding questions concerning the functions of communication in the small group, the characteristics of the behavior and of the producers of that behavior that determine the extent to which particular…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Group Discussion, Group Dynamics
Peer reviewedGouran, Dennis S.; Geonetta, Sam C. – Small Group Behavior, 1977
Examines the relationship between patterns of communication (in groups) and group outcomes. Specifically, it attempts to reveal contrasts in the structure of communication between groups whose consensual outcomes are dissimilar. (Author/HMV)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Group Discussion
Peer reviewedGouran, Dennis S.; And Others – Communication Monographs, 1978
Tests the assumption that the aspects of a group's behavior that lead to judgments of quality probably are equally important and assesses the theoretical import of a discovery indicating differences in the relative impact of different variables on perceptions of the quality of decision making discussions. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Criteria, Decision Making, Group Discussion
Peer reviewedGeonetta, Sam C.; Gouran, Dennis S. – Central States Speech Journal, 1977
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Centralization, Decentralization, Decision Making
Gouran, Dennis S. – 1982
To provide a theoretical base for investigating the influence of inferential error on group decision making, current literature on both inferential error and decision making is reviewed and applied to the Watergate incident. Although groups tend to make fewer inferential errors because members' inferences are generally not biased in the same…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Research, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making
