DEVELOPMENTAL SEQUENCE IN SMALL GROUPS

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Psychological Bulletin1965, Vol. 63, No. 6, 384-399DEVELOPMENTAL SEQUENCE IN SMALL GROUPS1BRUCE W. TUCKMANNaval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland50 articles dealing with stages of group development over time are separated bygroup setting, as follows: therapy-group studies, T-group studies, and natural-and laboratory-group studies. The stages identified in these articles are separatedinto those descriptive of social or interpersonal group activities and thosedescriptive of group-task activities. Finally, 4 general stages of developmentare proposed, and the review consists of fitting the stages identified in theliterature to those proposed.

light of the model. The model of development stages presented below is not suggested for primary use as an organizational vehicle, al-though it serves that function here. Rather, it is a conceptual statement suggested by the data presented and subject to further test. In the realm of group structure the first hypothesized stage of the model is ...

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