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Social Influences on the Goal Choices of Group Members 1
Author(s) -
Hinsz Verlin B.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1992.tb00951.x
Subject(s) - anticipation (artificial intelligence) , psychology , task (project management) , social psychology , context (archaeology) , selection (genetic algorithm) , group (periodic table) , computer science , paleontology , chemistry , management , organic chemistry , artificial intelligence , economics , biology
The influences of anticipation of evaluation, anticipation of group interaction, and taking other group members into consideration were each explored for their impact on the selection of task performance goals by group members. Self‐evaluation, esteem maintenance, and comparison with others hypotheses were described as plausible explanations for earlier findings that groups select lower task performance goals than individuals. Results provided considerable support for the self‐evaluation and comparison‐with‐others hypotheses, but indicated that esteem maintenance could not account for some aspects of the data. Discussion focused on understanding the results within the context of social comparison theory.