MHR 405 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS [ GUARANTEED A+]
5 stages of group development - ✔✔forming, storming, norming, performing,
adjourning
social loafing - ✔✔the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when
pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually
accountable
free rider effect (social loafing) - ✔✔People lower their effort to get a free ride at
the expense of their fellow group members
Sucker Effect (Social Loafing) - ✔✔The tendency to reduce one's effort when
believing that other group members are loafing.
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2025.
,Factors influencing group effectiveness - ✔✔Task, Group composition, Managerial
support, Group processes, group effectiveness.
collective efficacy - ✔✔a group's perception of its ability to successfully perform
well
team reflexivity - ✔✔The extent to which teams deliberately discuss team
processes and goals and adapt their behaviour accordingly.
Shared mental models - ✔✔Team members share identical information about
how they should interact and what their task is
Basic group structure characteristics - ✔✔Size and member diversity(smaller
groups), Group norms(shared attitudes), Roles
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2025.
, Status, Cohesiveness or group cohesion(the degree to which a group is attracted
to its members)
Group cohesiveness factors - ✔✔Threat and competition
Success
Member diversity
Group size
Toughness of initiation
additive tasks - ✔✔contributions resulting from the abilities of every member
"add up" to determine team performance
disjunctive tasks - ✔✔tasks in which group performance is dependent on the
performance of the best group member
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2025.
ANSWERS [ GUARANTEED A+]
5 stages of group development - ✔✔forming, storming, norming, performing,
adjourning
social loafing - ✔✔the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when
pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually
accountable
free rider effect (social loafing) - ✔✔People lower their effort to get a free ride at
the expense of their fellow group members
Sucker Effect (Social Loafing) - ✔✔The tendency to reduce one's effort when
believing that other group members are loafing.
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2025.
,Factors influencing group effectiveness - ✔✔Task, Group composition, Managerial
support, Group processes, group effectiveness.
collective efficacy - ✔✔a group's perception of its ability to successfully perform
well
team reflexivity - ✔✔The extent to which teams deliberately discuss team
processes and goals and adapt their behaviour accordingly.
Shared mental models - ✔✔Team members share identical information about
how they should interact and what their task is
Basic group structure characteristics - ✔✔Size and member diversity(smaller
groups), Group norms(shared attitudes), Roles
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2025.
, Status, Cohesiveness or group cohesion(the degree to which a group is attracted
to its members)
Group cohesiveness factors - ✔✔Threat and competition
Success
Member diversity
Group size
Toughness of initiation
additive tasks - ✔✔contributions resulting from the abilities of every member
"add up" to determine team performance
disjunctive tasks - ✔✔tasks in which group performance is dependent on the
performance of the best group member
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2025.
