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Effects of Group Size on Performance and Member Satisfaction

verfasst von : Noriko Suzuki, Mayuka Imashiro, Haruka Shoda, Noriko Ito, Mamiko Sakata, Michiya Yamamoto

Erschienen in: Human Interface and the Management of Information. Information in Applications and Services

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The effects of group size on performance and member satisfaction were assessed, with group size ranging from an individual to five members. Participants were 96 university students who engaged in a furniture-assembly task. Our results showed that group size had negligible effects on member satisfaction but strong effects on performance characteristics. As group size increased, performance characteristics, time-to-completion, and duration of interaction with materials decreased in an exponential manner, although member satisfaction tended to become saturated. The result for duration of interaction with materials suggested that the social loafing effect increased with the size of the group. We expect these results to be helpful in designing relationality for collaborative problem solving among people as well as between people and artifacts.

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Metadaten
Titel
Effects of Group Size on Performance and Member Satisfaction
verfasst von
Noriko Suzuki
Mayuka Imashiro
Haruka Shoda
Noriko Ito
Mamiko Sakata
Michiya Yamamoto
Copyright-Jahr
2018
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92046-7_17

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