This study investigated the influence of group awareness among individual members engaged in group problem-solving in an environment of constrained communication. A total of 243 graduate students in business were organized into groups of three based upon numerical ability and personality characteristics. An analysis of variance indicated that groups of individuals with high-group awareness tended to be less successful in problem-solving in an ad hoc problem-solving environment than groups of individuals with low-group awareness.
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