Abstract
Effects of time pressure on group cohesiveness in different task types and communication media. The aim of this paper is to study the effects of time pressure on group cohesiveness in different tasks types (creativity, intellective and mixed-motive) and communication media (face-to-face, videoconference and email). It was carried out an experiment using a sample of 124 subjects, randomly assigned into six different experimental conditions (3*2 communication media*time pressure) in four-person work groups. The results showed the relevance of task type and communication media to understand the relation between time pressure and group cohesiveness. Specifically, time pressure influenced negatively on group cohesiveness, when interdependence task requirements were high or middle, and groups worked face-toface. It is suggested that future research should include other environmental or individual variables to reach a better understanding of the relation between time pressure and group work outcomes.
