Team formation
- Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning (Tuckman and Jensen, 1977)
Essential behaviors
Cooperation
Communication
Counterproductive behaviors
Social Loafing (Latane, Williams, & Harkins, 1979) (Karau & Williams, 1993) (Hackman, 1986) The reduction of individual contributions within a group.
Free Riders (Sweeney, 1973) don't perform in a group, believing their individual effort isn't important.
Sucker Effect (Johnson & Johnson, 1997) Good performers slack off to avoid others taking advantage of them.
Competition, individual goals become more important than common goal. Mixed motives.
Over-cooperation, leading to overconformity and poor decision making.
References
Group Dynamics for Teams by Daniel Levi (0761922547)