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When Do Newcomers Introduce Changes in Groups?: Effects of Newcomers' Interaction Orientation and the Nature of Membership Change

Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology / Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, (P)1229-0653;
2010, v.24 no.3, pp.1-15
https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2010.24.3.001


Abstract

The present study investigated a joint impact of a newcomer's interaction orientation and the nature of membership change upon the likelihood that the newcomer introduces changes in group task strategy. Participants were randomly assembled into 3-person teams and performed a construction task as a team. Newcomers' interaction orientation was manipulated by priming either cooperation or competition prior to joining a new team. The nature of membership change was varied by introducing either a temporary or a permanent change in team composition. It was predicted that, regardless of their interaction orientation, newcomers would be less likely to propose a new task strategy in the permanent change condition due to a high need for assimilation to the group. In contrast, it was predicted that when membership change is temporary, newcomers would be more likely to propose a new task strategy when competition is primed than when cooperation is primed. The study found supportive evidence for the hypothesized interaction effect. Implications of the findings and suggestions for future studies are discussed.

keywords
composition change in groups, interaction orientation, innovation by newcomers, 집단구성 변화, 상호작용 지향성, 신입 성원에 의한 혁신

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