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Appendix A Speaking in Small Groups- Group communication principles presented in this chapter
are adapted from Steven A. Beebe and John T. Masterson,
Communicating in Small Groups: Principles and Practices,
11th ed. (Boston: Pearson, 2015). - Our definition of team is based on a discussion in Beebe
and Masterson, Communicating in Small Groups; and
in Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe, and Diana K. Ivy,
Communication Principles for a Lifetime (Boston: Pearson,
2013): 240–41; J. R. Katzenback and D. K. Smith, The
Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization
(New York: Harper Business, 1993); M. Schrage, No More
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(New York: Currency Doubleday, 1995); D. D. Chrislip and
C. E. Larson, Collaborative Leadership (San Francisco, CA:
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H. Le, C. S. Burke, R. Lyons, and G. F. Goodwin, “Does
Team Building Work?” Small Group Research 40 no. 2 (2009):
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Ginkel, “Diversity in Goal Orientation, Team Reflexivity,
and Team Performance,” Organizational Behavior and
Human Decision Processes 114 (2011): 153–64. - For discussions of the advantages and disadvantages of
working in small groups, see Norman R. F. Maier, “Assets
and Liabilities in Group Problem Solving: The Need for
an Integrative Function,” Psychological Review 74 (1967):
239–49; Michael Argyle, Cooperation: The Basis of Sociabil-
ity (London: Routledge, 1991); J. Surowiecki, The Wisdom
of Crowds (New York: Anchor, 2005); P. R. Laughlin, E. C.
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the Best Individuals on Letters-to-Numbers Problems:
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Scaling Fallacy: Underestimating the Declining Efficiency
of Larger Teams,” Organizational Behavior and Human
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N. Burrowes, and E. R. Morrison, “Twelve (Not So) Angry
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Argyle, Cooperation.
- Group communication principles presented in this chapter
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