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Cranach, Mario von, Guy Ochsenbein and Ladislav Valach. 1986. The group as a self-active system: Outline of a theory of group action. European Journal of Social Psychology 16 : 193–229.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English

Annotation

Human social systems, and groups in particular, are conceived as units which, as a whole, actively strive towards the achievement of internal and external goals. This 'group action' consists of simultaneous integrated processes on various individual and social levels. A specific part of the theory concerns analogies between individual cognition and intragroup communication.