Stanford Sociology Technical Reports and Working Papers, 1961-1993

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Browsing Stanford Sociology Technical Reports and Working Papers, 1961-1993 by Author "Cohen, Bernard P."

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    Interdependence, Interaction, and Productivity
    (2017-08-16) Cohen, Bernard P.; Arechavala-Vargas, Ricardo
    Group tasks require communication, but communication can be excessive and time-wasting. The authors develop propositions group productivity and interaction. High reciprocal interdependence in teams requires high levels of interaction, but when interdependence is low, interaction can interfere with productivity. After developing appropriate measures of the variables, they tested that idea and related ideas with 224 R & D teams and found a strong relationship between communication and productivity on interdependent tasks.
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    Introduction to a Theory of Group Structure and Information Exchange
    (2017-08-16) Cohen, Bernard P.; Silver, Steven D.
    This theoretical paper develops a framework for relationships between group structure and information exchange. Status orders among group members are important in situations that lack well-developed practices for work and clear criteria for evaluating outcomes.
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    Organization and productivity in R & D Teams: A Report of Research Findings
    (American Sociological Review, 1991) Cohen, Bernard P.; Arechavala-Vargas, Ricardo; Nobel, Darla R.; Shenhav, Yehouda A.
    The authors report findings from 224 teams in Silicon Valley on the effects of factors on team productivity and innovativeness. The factors are of four types: interaction, team composition, team organization, and perceptions of the company. Some of these finding were published by Cohen and Zhou (1991).
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    Status Characteristics and Expectation States
    (2015-07-19) Berger, Joseph; Cohen, Bernard P.; Zelditch, Morris Jr.
    This is the first statement of the theory of status characteristics and expectation states and a form of the manuscipt was published by the authors (1966). The theory generalizes the theory of performance expectations first presented in TR#1. The theory was generalized two more times. Webster and Driskell (1978) describe the development in successive formulations of this theory
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    Status Characteristics and Expectation States: A Process Model
    (2015-07-21) Berger, Joseph; Cohen, Bernard P.; Conner, Thomas L.; Zelditch, Morris Jr
    This technical report describes how status inequality can produce similar inequality of expectation states, and how the interaction process is affected by the status generalization process. It elaborates some ideas in the model from Technical Report #1, though with considerable additions and modifications.
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    Status Conditions of Self-Evaluation
    (2017-08-24) Berger, Joseph; Zelditch, Morris Jr; Anderson, Bo; Cohen, Bernard P.
    This is a revision of TR#24. It expands the discussion of conditions for stability, adding the idea of cliques that support stable self-evaluations.
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    Status Processes in Permanent Work Groups
    (American Sociological Review, 1991) Cohen, Bernard P.; Hooper, Jon; Zhou, Xueguang
    This WP was published by Cohen and Zhou (1991).