Employees' Communication Attitudes and Dislike for Working in a Group

Abstract

This study examined 128 working adults' attitudes of tolerance for disagreement, tolerance for ambiguity, and argumentativeness in relation to their dislike for working in a group. They completed the Revised Tolerance for Disagreement Scale, the Multiple Stimulus Types Ambiguity Tolerance Scale, the Argumentativeness Scale, and the Grouphate Scale. Dislike for working in a group correlated negatively with Tolerance for Disagreement (r = -.28, p>.01, r² = .08), Tolerance for Ambiguity (r = -.21, p>.05, r² = .04), and Argumentativeness (r = -.21, p>.05, r² = .04). Although these correlations are in the expected directions, magnitudes are very weak; unaccounted for variance should be examined.