Project Characteristics And Group Communication: An Investigation

Keywords

Gatekeeping; Group communication; Group conflict; Information sharing; Project complexity; Project group

Abstract

This research study examined the effects oj technological complexity on project group communication. The same project teams performed three separate projects involving the development oj an HTML website, the development oj a local-area network (LAN), and the development oj blueprintsJor a wide-area network (WAN). Each oj the projects exposed groups to a different level oj complexity. The results oj the study indicated differences in group inJormation sharing, group communicationJocus, and group gatekeeping activities. In each oj these cases, the groups had greater communication with the less complex project task, the HTMLproject. The study did not find significant differences in group communication concerned with member withdrawal or group coriflict.

Publication Date

10-10-2015

Publication Title

Writing and Speaking in the Technology Professions: A Practical Guide: Second Edition

Number of Pages

336-350

Document Type

Article; Book Chapter

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119134633.ch58

Socpus ID

84977080599 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84977080599

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