Additional Factors Affecting Group Communication
Additional Factors Affecting Group Communication
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In addition to size and networks, numerous other factors affect communication within groups—most notably cohesion, groupthink, norms, clarity of goals, and individual differences. In this section, we explore each of these additional factors in more detail.
Groups of coworkers who participate in challenges like Tough Mudder while outside of the workplace find that they experience greater cohesion when they return—having made it through electric shock fields, pools of freezing mud, and other physical obstacles together.