- Title
- Individual learning in organizational groups: an alternate view of group performance
- Creator
- Mitchell, Rebecca; Nicholas, Stephen; Boyle, Brendan
- Relation
- The Academy of Management 2007 Annual Meeting: Doing Well by Doing Good. The Academy of Management 2007 Annual Meeting Proceedings (Philadelphia, PA 3-8 August, 2007)
- Relation
- http://meeting.aomonline.org/2007
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2007
- Description
- This paper investigates a relatively neglected aspect of group performance: the impact of the group on its members, in particular, the impact of group composition and dynamics on individual learning. We explore the proposition that a cognitively diverse group will provide an environment conducive to individual learning, and that the relationship between cognitive diversity and learning will be mediated by the process of debate. We also investigate the impact of group climate on individual learning. The results generate support for our hypotheses that cognitive diversity’s impact on learning is consequent to debate, and that openmindedness norms contribute to a group climate that facilitates learning efforts. By specifying and testing critical relationships, this paper contributes to a better understanding of the compositional and process components underpinning individual learning in groups, which has implications both for group and organizational performance.
- Subject
- group composition; group dynamics; individual learning; norms
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/928166
- Identifier
- uon:10351
- Language
- eng
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