Group Cohesiveness
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SUBMITTED BY:
DEVINA SIAL : H12074
KASTURI GHOSH : H12082
NANDINI UPADHYAY : H12090
PUNEET GUPTA : H12098
SARANSH SHARMA : H12106
SRILAKHI SAH : H12114
ANABEL BENJAMIN BARA: FH12001
GROUP COHESIVENESS
FINAL REPORT
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 3 2. Literature Review 4 3. Hypothesis and Research Design 5 4. Data Collection and Collation 6 5. Hypothesis Testing 8 6. Conclusion 9 7. Drawbacks 9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We are thankful to a lot of people for all the cooperation and support they extended, without which this project would not have been possible. We are grateful to our Organizational Behaviour - II Professor Manish Singhal, for giving us the opportunity to work on this project, and for all his guidance in his course lectures. We are thankful to our teaching assistants Gaurav Marathe and Madhu Bala for their constant feedback. A huge thank you to our entire batch! They are last, certainly not least. They helped us with all the patient sittings for interviews, surveys and questionnaires.
Thank you all of you, without you none of this would have been possible.
Jamshedpur
18th November, 2012
1. Introduction
Cohesion can be broadly defined as the tendency of a group to stay unified while working towards a goal and satisfying the emotional needs of its members. It affects levels of participation in a group, conformity to norms and emphasis on goals accomplished. Cohesion has multiple dimensions which changes over time in terms of strength and starts when a group is formed. The bonds that link group members are not formed spontaneously. They lie in the task commitment and the interpersonal attraction that exists among group members. Cohesion can also be seen in group pride. In sporting activities, it is seen that performance successes facilitate feelings of greater cohesion and satisfaction. Similarly,
SUBMITTED BY:
DEVINA SIAL : H12074
KASTURI GHOSH : H12082
NANDINI UPADHYAY : H12090
PUNEET GUPTA : H12098
SARANSH SHARMA : H12106
SRILAKHI SAH : H12114
ANABEL BENJAMIN BARA: FH12001
GROUP COHESIVENESS
FINAL REPORT
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 3 2. Literature Review 4 3. Hypothesis and Research Design 5 4. Data Collection and Collation 6 5. Hypothesis Testing 8 6. Conclusion 9 7. Drawbacks 9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We are thankful to a lot of people for all the cooperation and support they extended, without which this project would not have been possible. We are grateful to our Organizational Behaviour - II Professor Manish Singhal, for giving us the opportunity to work on this project, and for all his guidance in his course lectures. We are thankful to our teaching assistants Gaurav Marathe and Madhu Bala for their constant feedback. A huge thank you to our entire batch! They are last, certainly not least. They helped us with all the patient sittings for interviews, surveys and questionnaires.
Thank you all of you, without you none of this would have been possible.
Jamshedpur
18th November, 2012
1. Introduction
Cohesion can be broadly defined as the tendency of a group to stay unified while working towards a goal and satisfying the emotional needs of its members. It affects levels of participation in a group, conformity to norms and emphasis on goals accomplished. Cohesion has multiple dimensions which changes over time in terms of strength and starts when a group is formed. The bonds that link group members are not formed spontaneously. They lie in the task commitment and the interpersonal attraction that exists among group members. Cohesion can also be seen in group pride. In sporting activities, it is seen that performance successes facilitate feelings of greater cohesion and satisfaction. Similarly,