Leadership, participation, and self-orientation in observed and nonobserved groups

Abstract

Examined previous findings that leadership rank, dominance-ascendance, and participation rank tend to be intercorrelated in leaderless discussion groups. An analysis of data gathered from 20 groups of 5 male undergraduates each, who met either in the presence or the absence of an o, indicate that these variables are associated only in observed groups. M. Orne's (see pa, vol. 37:5917) and H. Riecken's (see pa, vol. 38:60) models of the experiment as a social situation are used to explain these results. (22 ref.) (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)