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THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL TRAINING LABORATORIES UPON THE EFFECTIVENESS AND INTERACTION OF ONGOING WORK GROUPS
Author(s) -
FRIEDLANDER FRANK
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1967.tb01525.x
Subject(s) - psychology , session (web analytics) , relevance (law) , work (physics) , applied psychology , training (meteorology) , unit (ring theory) , social psychology , medical education , working group , mathematics education , mechanical engineering , medicine , physics , world wide web , computer science , political science , meteorology , law , engineering , operating system
Summary T he impact upon four work groups ( N = 31) which participated in organizational training laboratory sessions is evaluated in comparison with eight similar groups ( N = 60) which did not participate. Criteria were six‐factored dimensions, each composed of items gathered from earlier interviews which group members perceived as problems. Significant changes occurred in training groups in the following three dimensions: group effectiveness, mutual influence, and personal involvement. No significant changes occurred in leader approachability, intragroup trust, or in the evaluation of group meetings. The relevance of a work unit participating in training as a total group, rather than each member participating in a separate session, is discussed.