13 Participation and Information Sharing
Gwen M. Wittenbaum and Joseph A. Bonito
Chapter Objectives
Recognize a hidden profile task and its importance for understanding information sharing.
Identify the conditions that enhance the demonstrability of a group task.
Understand how each task demonstrability condition relates to group member participation and information sharing.
Apply participation and information sharing concepts to a case study.
Introduction
Most important decisions are entrusted to groups rather than individuals because of the assumption that groups are better problem solvers and decision makers than individuals (Collins & Guetzkow, 1964). Over half of organizations in the United States use ...
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