Assessment: How Do You Behave in Groups?
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- Instructions: Think of a typical group situation where you often find yourself (e.g., a club, study group, small work group), and answer the following items as accurately as possible.
In a group, how often do you: Never Seldom Fairly Often Frequently 1. Keep the group focused on the task at hand. 1 2 3 4 2. Help the group clarify the issues. 1 2 3 4 3. Pull various ideas together. 1 2 3 4 4. Push the group to make a decision or complete a task. 1 2 3 4 5. Support and encourage other group members. 1 2 3 4 6. Try to reduce interpersonal conflicts. 1 2 3 4 7. Help the group reach a compromise. 1 2 3 4 8. Assist in maintaining group harmony. 1 2 3 4 9. Seek personal recognition from other group members. 1 2 3 4 10. Try to dominate group activities. 1 2 3 4 11. Avoid unpleasant or undesirable group activities. 1 2 3 4 12. Express your impatience or hostility with the group. 1 2 3 4 Scoring
This questionnaire asks you to describe your behavior within a group setting. To score the instrument, add your scores for the three categories of behavior.
Task-oriented behavior (Add up items 1–4) Relations-oriented behavior (Add up items 5–8) Self-oriented behavior (Add up items 9–12) Examine the resulting pattern in your answers. As usual, there are no correct or incorrect answers. Instead, this is an opportunity to view how you describe your own role-related activities in a group. What did you learn about yourself? How does your role in a group differ from those of other individuals?
References
This section is adapted from:
Chapter 9: Group and Intergroup Relations in Organizational Behaviour by Rice University, OpenStax and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, unless otherwise noted.
