This study investigated the relationship between individual and group efficacy in the performance of a group task. The main question asked in this inquiry was, "Under which efficacy conditions will there be maximum group performance?" More specific research questions asked are: (1) What is the relationship between self-efficacy and group efficacy with respect to group performance? (2) What is the relationship between the type of group interaction and group performance? (3) What is the result of the interaction among self-efficacy, group efficacy, and interaction? / The subjects were 156 introductory psychology students at a large southeastern university. A co-relational design with randomized assignment to interactive and non-interactive conditions was used. The task was to solve as many anagrams as possible in ten minutes from a list of 40 anagrams to obtain a group performance score. In the interaction condition, subjects worked together to solve the anagrams; whereas, in the non-interactive condition, they solved the anagrams individually. / The study revealed a significant relationship (r =.82, p $<$.001) between estimations of individual efficacy and estimations of group efficacy. There was no significant difference (p $<$.05) in group scores for the interactive and non-interactive conditions. However, a comparison of levels of interaction, high, medium, low, and none, revealed significant differences (p $<$.01) between levels of high and no interaction, as well as between high interaction and low interaction (p $<$.05). The group scores for the interactive and non-interactive conditions were not significantly different; however, a comparison of levels of interaction revealed significantly different means between high interaction time and no interaction time. This finding showed that length of interaction was an intervening variable in the interaction - performance relationship. / When age, gender, familiarity with group members, self-efficacy, group efficacy, and degree of interaction were entered in a regression analysis, self-efficacy and degree of interaction accounted for the preponderance of variation in group performance. The conclusion was that group performance was highly related to perception of individual efficacy and the degree of group interaction. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-07, Section: A, page: 2306. / Major Professor: Gary Peterson. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76691 |
| Contributors | Williams, Jean Person., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 117 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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