@conference{4b821f9738ba420f851f9944f943ecbb,
title = "Towards a new model of group development",
abstract = "Background: Current models of group development favor views assuming that groups move from relative irrationality and inefficiency to rationality and efficiency in defined sequential stages. Aims: To present (a) a project questioning the generality of the linear progressive models of group development, (b) an alternative model taking into account factors related to formation, time, boundary management and contextual influence. Methods: Studies of natural groups by group diaries analyzed by narrative methods. Results: The chosen factors are relevant for the study of developmental patterns. The resulting model may explain diverging results in previous research. Conclusions: For project groups no model is generally valid. Developmental patterns depend to a high degree on contextual factors that are mediated by crucial events during formation and later.",
keywords = "Social Psychology, Efficiency, Group Context, Group Process, Development, : Group, Team",
author = "Stefan Jern",
year = "2004",
language = "English",
pages = "227--227",
note = "The XVIII International Congress of Psychology ; Conference date: 08-08-2004 Through 14-08-2004",
}