MGT 4620 Chapter : Chapter 9 Group Behavior
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Groups two or more interdependent individuals working for a common objective. *formal: defined by the organization"s structure and have designated tasks and goals. These behaviors are stipulated by and directed toward organizational goals. This meet the need for social contact groups establish our social identity (how we define who we are and where we fit in with others) A group"s importance to our social identity differs based on context. The inverse of an in group, which can mean everyone outside the group, but more usually identified other group: schadenfreude: when someone experiences pleasure as a result of seeing another group suffer. *relational identification when we connect with others because of our roles. *collective identification when we connect with the aggregate characteristics of our groups. Expectations connected to holding a particular position in a group. A situation in which an individual is confronted by divergent role expectations: inter role conflict expectations of our different, separate groups are in opposition.
