Premium
Influence of leadership processes on group polarization
Author(s) -
Jesuino Jorge Correia
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/ejsp.2420160408
Subject(s) - psychology , polarization (electrochemistry) , dilemma , social psychology , group (periodic table) , epistemology , chemistry , philosophy , organic chemistry
This research attempted to examine underlying processes of group polarization under leadership conditions. One hundred and twenty‐two subjects formed in groups of four and five members answered to the Choice Dilemma Questionnaire first on an individual basis and then after group discussion. Experimental conditions were manipulated through different rules of group discussion and types of appointed leaders. It was found that leadership is associated both with group polarization and with group depolarization but whether the group polarizes or depolarizes is determined by the explicit or implicit group rules which act as a systemic decisional structure.