Group decision and employee participation

Abstract

"An experiment was performed to determine whether industrial employees setting their own goals attained higher production output than employees participating in group discussion only. Two pairs of groups simultaneously completed the experimental program. When mean experimental production was compared with mean control production, on an individual basis, it was found that those groups setting their own goals showed significantly greater increases. It is suggested that the group discussion method is a learning process and must be considered as such when plans are being made for application to specific situations." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)