Personality, process, and performance in interactive brainstorming groups

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 565-585

  Bolin, Aaron U ^a   Neuman, George A ^b  

^a US Navy Human Performance Center   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstorming; Group processes; Groups; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747872326     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-005-9000-7     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Barki, H. & Pinsonneault, A. (2001). Small group brainstorming: Is electronic brainstorming the most effective approach? Small Group Research, 32(2), 158-205.
2. Baron, R. M. & Kenney, D. A. (1986). The moderator-mediator distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57(6), 1173-1182.
3. Barrick, M. R. & Mount, M. K. (1991). The big five personality dimensions and job performance: A meta-analysis. Personnel Psychology, 44, 1-26,
4. Bond, M. H. & Shui, W. Y. (1997). The relationship between a group's personality resources and the two dimensions of its group process. Small Group Research, 28(2), 194-218.
5. Bouchard, T. J. (1969). Personality, problem-solving procedure, and performance in small groups. Journal of Applied Psychology, 53, 1-29.
6. Bouchard, T. J. (1972). Training, motivation, and personality as determinants of the effectiveness of brainstorming groups and individuals. Journal of Applied Psychology, 56(4), 324-331.
7. Bouchard, T. J. & Hare, M. (1970). Size, performance, and potential in brainstorming groups. Journal of Applied Psychology, 54, 51-55.
8. Bradshaw, S. D., Stasson, M. F., & Alexander, D. (1999). Shyness and group brainstorming: Effects on productivity and perceptions of performance. North American Journal of Psychology, 1(2), 267-276.
9. Buchanan, L.B. (1998). The impact of big five personality characteristics on group cohesion and creative task performance. Unpublished Dissertation.
10. Camacho, L. M. & Paulus, P. B. (1995). The role of social anxiousness in group brainstorming. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 1071-1080.
11. Campion, M. A., Medsker, G. J., & Higgs, A. C. (1993). Relations between work group characteristics and effectiveness: Implications for designing effective work groups. Personnel Psychology, 46(4), 823-850.
12. Costa, P. T. & McCrae, R. R. (1992). Revised NEO-Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) and NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) Professional Manual. Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources,
13. Dennis, A. R. & Valacich, J. S. (1993). Computer brainstorms: More heads are better than one. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78(4), 531-537.
14. Diehl, M. & Stroebe, W. (1987). Productivity loss in brainstorming groups: Toward the solution of a riddle. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53(3), 497-509.
15. Diehl, M. & Stroebe, W. (1991). Productivity loss in idea-generating groups: Tracking down the blocking effects. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 392-403.
16. Driskell, J. E., Hogan, R., & Salas, E. (1987). Personality and group performance. In C. Hendrick (Ed.), Group processes and intergroup relations (pp, 91-112). Newbury Park, CA: Sage,
17. Furnham, A. & Yazdanpanahi, T. (1995). Personality differences and group versus individual brainstorming. Personality and Individual Differences, 19(1), 73-80.
18. Gladstein, D. L. (1984). Groups in context: A model of task group effectiveness, Administrative Science Quarterly, 29, 499-517.
19. Graham, W.K. & Dillon, P.C. (1974). Creative supergroups: Group performance as a function of individual performance on brainstorming tasks. Journal of Social Psychology, 93, 101-105.
20. Guzzo, R. & Salas, E. (1995). Team effectiveness and decision making in organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
21. Hackman, J. R. & Morris, C. G. (1975). Group tasks, group interaction process, and group performance effectiveness: A review and proposed integration. In L. Berkowitz (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology, Volume 8, New York: Academic.
22. Harkins, S. G. & Jackson, J. M. (1985). The role of evaluation in eliminating social loafing. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 11(4), 457-465.
23. Jablin, F. M. (1981). Cultivating imagination; Factors that enhance and inhibit creativity in brainstorming groups. Human Communication Research, 7, 245-258.
24. James, L. R., Demaree, R. G., & Wolf, G. (1984). Estimating within-group interrater reliability with and without response bias. Journal of Applied Psychology, 69(1), 85-98.
25. Kramer, M. W., Kuo, C. L., & Dailey, J. C. (1997). The impact of brainstorming techniques on subsequent group processes: Beyond generating ideas. Small Group Research, 28(2), 218-242.
26. LePine, J. A., Hollenbeck, J. R., Ilgen, D. R., & Hedlund, J. (1997). Effects of individual differences on the performance of hierarchical decision-making teams: Much more than g, Journal of Applied Psychology, 82(5), 803-811.
27. Littlepage, G. E., Schmidt, G. W., Whisler, E. W., & Frost, A. G. (1995). An input-process-output analysis of influence and performance in problem-solving groups. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 877-889.
28. Long, H., Lonnergan, J., Bolin, A., & Neuman, G. (2000). The big five, task type, and group performance: A meta-analysis. Poster session presented at the 15th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
29. McCrae, R. R. (1987). Creativity, divergent thinking, and openness to experience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52(6), 1258-1265.
30. Paulus, P. B. (2000). Groups, teams, and creativity: The creative potential of idea-generating groups. Applied Psychology: An Internation Review, 49(2), 237-262.
31. Rousseau, D. (1985). Issues of level in organizational research: Multilevel and cross-level perspectives. In L. L. Cummings & B. M. Staw (Eds.), Research in organizational behavior (pp. 1-37). Volume 7, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
32. Scudder, J. N. & Herschel, R. T. (1994). Test of a model linking cognitive motivation, assessment of alternatives, decision quality, and group process satisfaction. Small Group Research, 25(1), 57-83.
33. Shepherd, M. M., Briggs, R. O., Reinig, B. A., Yen, J., & Nunamaker, J. F. (1995-96). Invoking social comparison to improve electronic brainstorming: Beyond anonymity. Journal of Management Information Systems, 12(3), 155-170.
34. Steiner, I. D. (1972). Group process and productivity. New York: Academic.
35. Taylor, D. W., Berry, P. C., & Block, C. H. (1958). Does group participation when using brainstorming facilitate or inhibit creative thinking? Administrative Science Quarterly, 24-47.
36. Van de Ven, A. H. & Delbecq, A. L. (1974). The effectiveness of nominal, Delphi, and interacting group decision making processes. Academy of Management Journal, 17, 605-621.
37. Waung, M. & Brice, T. S. (1998). The effects of conscientiousness and opportunity to caucus on group performance. Small Group Research, 29(5), 624-634.