Internal Politics and the Interactive Elaboration of Information in Workgroups: An Exploratory Study
这项探索性研究关注工作群体成员如何阐述适当信息，重点考察成员如何利用群体内部边界来形成判断，并描述了信息阐述过程的类型及其与群体结构（基于权威关系）的联系。
This exploratory research is concerned with the elaboration of appropriate information by workgroup members. Our theoretical approach centers on the interactive dimension of appropriateness judgments in work relationships; special attention is given to the way members use internal boundaries in their group in order to formulate these judgments. The study describes and grounds a typology of the processes of elaborating information and examines the link between these processes and the structure of the workgroup. Workgroup structure is defined in terms of authority relationships, taking into account different attitudes toward authority. The methodology is qualitative but builds upon a comparative approach applied in a social service unit and an administrative service unit.