Work groups in organizations are differentiated from the research groups
and literary examples of teams that frequently are used to guide analyses
of groups in their natural settings. Actual organizational groups are
influenced by outside expectations and membership changes that make
their functioning different from model groups. A framework for diagnos
ing real groups focuses on group origins and membership differences. This perspective is offered as an aid to interpreting communication be havior of groups in organizational settings.
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