Research Handbook on Group Decision Making

Edited by Bryan L. Bonner, Frederick I. Herzberg Professor, Department of Management, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah and Michael R. Baumann, Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA

‘This terrific volume brings together many of the field’s leading scholars to offer a comprehensive, contemporary, and highly readable look at group research. It’s equally useful for graduate seminars and experienced researchers, covering core topics while offering thoughtful insight into emerging challenges, unresolved questions, and promising paths forward. An invaluable, go-to resource for anyone studying groups.’

• ContentsIntroduction: group research is a hard row to hoe 1Bryan L. Bonner1 Virtual teamwork 3Lisa Handke and Patrícia Costa2 Using large language models to code group interaction: some observationsfrom early stages of the game 19Joseph A. Bonito, Jake Harwood, Stephen A. Rains, and Andrew Pilny3 Extremity and groups 38Lyn M. van Swol and Han Zhou4 When one team is not enough: a review of and recommendations forperformance in multiteam systems 51Michael R. Baumann, Sarah E. Stegall-Rodriguez, and Donald R. Kretz5 The critical role of psychological safety in team decision making 78Petra H. Momcilovic and Tiffany Bisbey6 Differences in the fundamental epistemic foundations of problem solving 96Bryan L. Bonner, Kathryn Coll, Tyler R. Talbot, Robert Monnot, andJesse Graham7 Decision making meeting scaffolding: setting the stage for participativedecision making in group meetings 124Joseph A. Allen, Michael J. Campbell, and Matthew S. Thiese8 How groups can overcome barriers to contributions: a case foramplification 138Kristin Bain9 Team chemistry, performance pressure, and when things matter 160Katerina Bezrukova, Chester Spell, and Alex Lindsey10 Morale in organizations 182Robert Monnot11 There is no “AI” in teams: a multidisciplinary framework for AI to work inhuman teams 195Breana M. Carter, Susannah B. F. Paletz, Susan G. Campbell, PollyO’Rourke, Melissa J. Carraway, Sarah H. Vahlkamp, and Jana Schwartz12 Affect and information processing in groups 227Michael R. Baumann13 Intentional information withholding in cooperative groups 245Kileigh B. Smith and Kathryn Coll14 Transactive memory development in the emerging digital environment:opportunities and challenges 271Kay Yoon and Young Ji Kim15 From voice to implementation: the role of supporting others in teams 295Coco Xinyue Liu and Elizabeth R. Tenney16 Navigating team trust in the digital age: virtual and human-AI teaming 316Harjinder Gill, Scott Cassidy, Halah Abu-Omar, and Simran Dhatt17 Aligning our ABCs: applying the attribute alignment approach to teammember cognition, affect, and behavior 341Kyle J. Emich and Alayna M. Hernandez18 “Solo Thinking Still Essential”: Why an individual session in individualto-group (IG) hybrid brainstorming is a lost prerequisite from Osborn’s(1953) vision for organizational creativity, with empirical observations 360Paul Hangsan Ahn and Hyelin Park19 Beyond thought experiments: using generative artificial intelligence tosimulate group problem solving and decision making 378Madeleine E. Alder, Bryan L. Bonner, Coco Xinyue Liu, RobertMonnot, and Xiaoyu Yin20 The “Magic Recipe”: self-managed teams and CEOs in longstanding flatorganizations 391Kathryn Coll, Bryan L. Bonner, Brenda Freeman, and Diane BaroneAfterword: reflections on where we have been and where we are going 414Michael R. Baumann