The technique of grouping individuals to accomplish a common goal or task often used in academic and professional settings. Whether a person is a high-school student, college student, or employee, group assignments are vital to success. However, there are tendencies to feel self-conscious of their ideas and opinions as group size increases. It can be thought that as group size increases, people’s self-censorship regarding foul language also increases. The following studies examined the pros and cons of profanity, how this effects groups, and how people censor themselves in a group setting. Profanity can be defined differently depending on the person. Some would say that crap is a bad word. Others would say that words
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& Heilmann, C. (2013) there are two types of self-censorship. Public and private. Public being as it sounds, takes place at work or in a social environment. Private being anywhere where the individual is comfortable. In the workplace, most people would tend to hold back their urge to use profanity in a group setting. Baruch (2017) studied the mixed outcomes of using profanity in the workplace. He found many positive outcomes of allowing people to swear in groups including a more stress free, relaxed environment. This relaxed setting led to stronger communication, and better group work. In a creative setting, it is important to allow ideas to flow and communicate with the team. However, according to Williams and Wright (2002) there is a likely correlation between self-censorship and performance. Williams and Wright (2002) found that individual performance was negatively impacted in a group setting, due to participants feeling pressure to be creative. However, Steen-Johnsen, K. & Enjolras, B. (2016) focused on studying the differences in censorship between family and workplace environments. Steen-Johnsen, K. & Enjolras, B. (2016) found that participants were much more comfortable behaving in an embarrassing way in front of family, compared to a workplace environment. This effect is due to the risk involved with embarrassing oneself at work, as well as the uncomfortable feeling of breaking social
& Heilmann, C. (2013) there are two types of self-censorship. Public and private. Public being as it sounds, takes place at work or in a social environment. Private being anywhere where the individual is comfortable. In the workplace, most people would tend to hold back their urge to use profanity in a group setting. Baruch (2017) studied the mixed outcomes of using profanity in the workplace. He found many positive outcomes of allowing people to swear in groups including a more stress free, relaxed environment. This relaxed setting led to stronger communication, and better group work. In a creative setting, it is important to allow ideas to flow and communicate with the team. However, according to Williams and Wright (2002) there is a likely correlation between self-censorship and performance. Williams and Wright (2002) found that individual performance was negatively impacted in a group setting, due to participants feeling pressure to be creative. However, Steen-Johnsen, K. & Enjolras, B. (2016) focused on studying the differences in censorship between family and workplace environments. Steen-Johnsen, K. & Enjolras, B. (2016) found that participants were much more comfortable behaving in an embarrassing way in front of family, compared to a workplace environment. This effect is due to the risk involved with embarrassing oneself at work, as well as the uncomfortable feeling of breaking social