Among the most studied aspects of small group communication has been leadership, and
within this area emergent leadership has enjoyed perhaps the greatest attention. Leaderless …

The increased tempo of thinking about leadershipphenomena is not without cause.
Hemphill, writing inan Ohio State University leadership study, says," Bothlaymen and …

This study addresses the issue of the sensitivity of communicative variables for predicting
leadership emergence in long-term, nonlaboratory groups. Seventeen potential leaders …

Development of leadership in small groups having no formal or assigned leader has long
been a subject of interest to both theoretical and applied psychologists. The present study …

METHOD Approximately 70 undergraduates enrolled in a first course in speech
communication at Boston University took part in the study. The participants were divided into …

This investigation examined the role played by gender and communication content in the
leadership emergence process in small, task-oriented groups. Six hours of transcribed …

This investigation examined the skill and gender of individual group discussants and the
gender composition of the group as factors potentially affecting perceptions of emergent …

The proliferation of small group applications in a wide range of settings has brought about
the identification of the small group phenomenon as a powerful human growth experience …

The present article attempts to adapt the current emphasis on social relationship
interpersonal communication research to the phenomenon of group leadership. A synthesis …

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CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF …