Introduction

1 August 1993

journal article
other
Published by SAGE Publications in Small Group Research

Vol. 24 (3) , 285-306
https://doi.org/10.1177/1046496493243002

Abstract

This article describes the longitudinal study on which all of the articles in this issue ofSmall Group Research are based. It begins with a discussion of why studying groups over time and under changing conditions is important. It then describes the conditions, variables, and procedures of the 13-week longitudinal study (called the JEMCO Workshop study) in detail and offers brief descriptions of the focus of each of the otherfive articles in this issue.

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