Factors affecting Group Cohesiveness

• Threat and Competition

• Difficulty in Entry
• Time Together
• Group size
• Previous succession
• Similarity of Attitudes and Values
 Relationship b/w Group
Cohesiveness, Performance norms
and Productivity
Performance Norm

MODERATE HIGH
PEFORMANCE PERFORMANCE

LOW LOWEST
PERFORMACE PERFORMACE

Cohesiveness
 Steiner’s Model
• Relationship between ability and player
interaction

Losses due to
Actual =
Potential
-
Productivity Faulty Group
Productivity processes
• Implies that a team’s actual productivity does
not match their potential productivity

Actual = Potential - Losses due to Faulty

Productivity Productivity Group processes

Motivation
Best one can play? Or
(Individual ability) Ineffective
Strategies