Choosing work group members: Balancing similarity, competence, and familiarity

被引:246
作者
Hinds, PJ [1 ]
Carley, KM
Krackhardt, D
Wholey, D
机构
[1] Stanford Univ, Dept Ind Engn & Engn Management, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[2] Carnegie Mellon Univ, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
[3] Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1006/obhd.1999.2875
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
This study explores one of the contributors to group composition-the basis on which people choose others with whom they want to work. We use a combined model to explore individual attributes, relational attributes, and previous structural ties as determinants of work partner choice. Four years of data from participants in 33 small project groups were collected, some of which reflects individual participant characteristics and some of which is social network data measuring the previous relationship between two participants, Our results suggest that when selecting future group members people are biased toward others of the same race, others who have a reputation for being competent and hard working, and others with whom they have developed strong working relationships in the past. These results suggest that people strive for predictability when choosing future work group members. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
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页码:226 / 251
页数:26
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