EFFECTS OF GROUP GOAL ATTAINMENT UPON STATUS DISTRIBUTION AND REWARD ALLOCATION

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The purpose of this study is to ascertain experimentally an equity-restoring mechanism operating in a group task situation. It was hypothesized that under the condition where it was indispensable for goal attainment to make inequitable distribution of internal reward (status), the group would try to correct the inequity through the adjustment of available external reward (money).<BR>Twenty male undergraduate dyads were required to do a group reaction-time task. Each dyad was composed of superior and inferior members which were assigned by false feedback of success rates on reaction-time, namely 90% and 50%. The experiment was conducted in a 2×2 factorial design; group goal was either incompatible (Hi-Goal) or compatible (Lo-Goal) with equitable distribution of status, and reaction-time task was either important (Hi-Skill) or unimportant skill (Lo-Skill) for Ss. They were required to make decisions on distributions of status and money respectively before and after a joint performance.<BR>Results confirmed the hypothesis. In LoGoal condition money distribution was equitable between members. While in Hi-Goal condition it was equal rather than equitable; this trend showed the restoration of total equity. Moreover this kind of effect was more remarkable in the condition where the personal importance of resource relevant to goal attainment was high (HiSkill) than in Lo-Skill condition.
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