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Group
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Two or more individuals, interacting and interdependent, who have come together to achieve particular objectives.
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Formal group
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A designated work group defined by an organization's structure.
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Informal group
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A group that is neither formally structured nor organizationally determined; such a group appears in response to the need for social contact.
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Social identity theory
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Perspective that considers when and why individuals consider themselves members of groups.
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Ingroup favoritism
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Perspective in which we see members of our ingroup as better than other people, and people not in our group as all the same.
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Five-stage group development model
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The five distinct stages groups go through; forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning.
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Punctuated-equilibrium model
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A set of phases that temporary groups go through that involves transitions between inertia and activity.
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Role
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A set of expected behavior patterns attributed to someone occupying a given position in a social unit.
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Role perception
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An individual's view of how he or she is supposed to act in a given situation.
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Role expectations
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How others believe a person should act in a given situation.
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