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Type of Document

Dissertation

Author

Marett, Kent

URN

etd-07022004-142624

Title

The Effects of Computer Support, Social Facilitation, and Arousal of Suspicion on Group Deceptive Communication

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy

Department

Management Information Systems, Department of

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name	Title
Joey F. George	Committee Chair
David Paradice	Committee Member
Gerald Ferris	Committee Member
Kathy Chudoba	Committee Member

Keywords

Groups
Computers
CMC
Dispersion
Deception

Date of Defense

2004-06-17

Availability

unrestricted

Abstract

Today’s business organizations emphasize the importance of teamwork and collaboration within work groups more than ever before. Unfortunately, group interaction is not always positive. Very little research has been conducted to investigate the behavior and judgments of group members who are belong to group in which one of the members is deceptive. This study is one of the first attempts to look at this phenomenon, from both the deceiver and receiver sides.
Groups of three student subjects engaged in a group negotiation task, with one of the group members randomly assigned the role of deceiver. Groups varied by the availability of computer-supported communication for discussion purposes, their physical proximity with one another, and the number of group members who were warned about the possibility of deception. Hypotheses were developed to predict the amount of deceptive activity and the level of deception detection displayed by group members in each of these circumstances. Results indicated that individuals lied more when using computers to communicate with others and when both of their group partners had been warned. Group members were not proficient at detecting lies in any of the conditions. Implications of these findings and their potential implications for research and practice are discussed.

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