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Thürmer JL, Wieber F, Gollwitzer PM. Planning and Performance in Small Groups: Collective Implementation Intentions Enhance Group Goal Striving. Front Psychol. 2017;8:603doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00603.
Thürmer, J. L., Wieber, F., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2017). Planning and Performance in Small Groups: Collective Implementation Intentions Enhance Group Goal Striving. Frontiers in psychology, 8603. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00603
Thürmer, J Lukas, et al. "Planning and Performance in Small Groups: Collective Implementation Intentions Enhance Group Goal Striving." Frontiers in psychology vol. 8 (2017): 603. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00603
Thürmer JL, Wieber F, Gollwitzer PM. Planning and Performance in Small Groups: Collective Implementation Intentions Enhance Group Goal Striving. Front Psychol. 2017 Apr 19;8:603. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00603. eCollection 2017. PMID: 28469592; PMCID: PMC5395567.
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Front Psychol. 2017 Apr 19;8:603. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00603. eCollection 2017.

Planning and Performance in Small Groups: Collective Implementation Intentions Enhance Group Goal Striving.

Frontiers in psychology

J Lukas Thürmer, Frank Wieber, Peter M Gollwitzer

Affiliations

  1. Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of KonstanzKonstanz, Germany.
  2. Department of Psychology and Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, PittsburghPA, USA.
  3. Department of Psychology, University of KonstanzKonstanz, Germany.
  4. Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Health ProfessionsZurich, Switzerland.
  5. Department of Psychology, New York University, New YorkNY, USA.

PMID: 28469592 PMCID: PMC5395567 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00603

Abstract

There are two key motivators to perform well in a group: making a contribution that (a) is crucial for the group (indispensability) and that (b) the other group members recognize (identifiability). We argue that indispensability promotes setting collective ("We") goals whereas identifiability induces individual ("I") goals. Although both goals may enhance performance, they should align with different strategies. Whereas pursuing collective goals should involve more cooperation, pursuing individual goals should involve less cooperation. Two experiments support this reasoning and show that planning out collective goals with

Keywords: collective implementation intentions; cooperation and interaction; motivation; physical persistence; small group performance

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