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Meleady, R. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4671-4960, Hopthrow, T. and Crisp, Richard
(2013)
The Group Discussion Effect:Integrative Processes and Suggestions for Implementation.
Personality and Social Psychology Review, 17 (1).
pp. 56-71.
ISSN 1088-8683
Abstract
One of the most consistent findings in experimental social dilemmas research is the positive effect group discussion has on cooperative behavior. At a time when cooperation and consensus is critical to tackle global problems, ranging from debt to deforestation, understanding the dynamics of group discussion is a pressing need. Unfortunately, research investigating the underlying processes and implementation of the effect has been inconclusive. The authors present a critical review of existing explanations and integrate these perspectives into a single process model of group discussion, providing a more complete theoretical picture of how interrelated factors combine to facilitate discussion-induced cooperation. On the basis of this theoretical analysis, they consider complimentary approaches to the indirect and feasible implementation of group discussion. They argue that such strategies may overcome the barriers to direct discussion observed across a range of groups and organizations.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Oct 2015 12:01 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2022 05:01 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/54889 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1088868312456744 |
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