This study examines group sex composition and accounts of attribution as plausible explanations for differences in female influence and interpersonal attraction in small decision making task groups. A sample of 108 college students participated in four person task groups of varying male to female proportions. A female confederate was a member of each of the 36 groups studied. Results indicated that females in all female (uniform) groups tend to exert more influence and exhibit more interpersonal attraction when they give internal accounts of attribution. Conversely, females in otherwise all male (skewed) groups tend to exert more influence and exhibit more interpersonal attraction when they give external accounts of attribution. Females in groups of one half male members and one half female members (balanced) tended to exert the most influence and exhibit moderate interpersonal attraction regardless of the locus of their accounts of attribution. Implications of these findings for theory, practice, and future research are discussed. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-12, Section: A, page: 3890. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75702 |
| Contributors | TAPS, JUDITH S., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 125 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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