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Subject characteristics of small work groups and their socio-psychological and productive-economic efficiency
 
PIIS020595920000428-6-1
DOI10.31857/S020595920000070-3
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
A. Sidorenkov 
Affiliation: Southern Federal University
Address: 344006, Rostov-on-Don, Bolshaya Sadovaya st., 105/42, Russia.
N. Ul'yanova
Affiliation: Southern Federal University
Address: 344006, Rostov-on-Don, Bolshaya Sadovaya st., 105/42, Russia.
Journal namePsikhologicheskii zhurnal
EditionVolume 39 №4
Pages49-60
Abstract

Correlation between subject’s characteristics of small work groups (object-action and sociopsychological unity, norms of productivity and norms of openness, motivational unity) and indices of perceived by group members productive – economic efficiency (“fulfillment of plan and solution of current affairs” and “activity in difficult situations”) as well as indices of socio-psychological efficiency of group and informal group (“satisfaction of group/subgroup members and results of its activity”, “psychological comfort in group/subgroup of their members” and assistance of group/subgroup in their members’ development”) have been studied. On a sample of 37 industrial groups (N=331, female – 51.7%, male – 48.3%, aged 19 – 62) it was revealed that cohesion (at the group and informal group level) and group norms (at the group level in general) are predictors for all indices of socio-psychological efficiency while motivational unity is a predictor for productive – economic efficiency “activity in difficult situations”. Internally linked complexes of certain group’s subjects characteristics have been shown to be predictors for some indices of socio-psychological efficiency of groups and informal subgroups. Some group characteristics (cohesion, e.g) mediate effect of other characteristics (motivational unity) on group sociopsychological efficiency. High – and low-efficient groups are characterized by different, with a few exceptions, combinations of cohesion levels and norms of productivity.

Keywordscohesion, motivational unity, norm of productivity, norm of openness, productive – economic efficiency, socio-psychological efficiency
Received11.10.2018
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