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The Trajectory of Emergence of Shared Group-Level Constructs

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By examining 20 years of research conducted on groups (and teams), in field, academic, and laboratory settings, we used statistical aggregation indices to evaluate arguments that in newly formed groups, (a) evidence of the emergence of group-level shared constructs should be minimal and (b) evidence of the emergence of such constructs should increase over time/interaction. Puzzlingly, we found relatively little evidence supporting these arguments. Instead, emergence of group-level shared constructs seems evident very soon after group formation and, to the extent that this was possible to evaluate, emergence trajectories seemed to vary little across time. This pattern of findings is discussed with respect to both methodological and substantive issues, and we propose mechanisms that might explain what appears to be the surprisingly early emergence of group-level shared constructs.

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Small Group Research

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Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications., 2015

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English

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1046-4964

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Volume 46, Issue 3 June 2015 352-390

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Teams
Emergence
Aggregation
Group-level shared constructs

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