Too much of a good thing? : investigating disadvantages of high group cohesion

The present study aimed at extending Hardy et al.???s (2005) study on potential\ud disadvantages of high social cohesion in sports teams. The researcher explored this study\ud in an organizational context by quantitatively testing Hardy et al.???s proposed hierarchical model, which related levels of cohesion to several possible group pitfall variables. Two hundred twenty five employed participants completed an online survey assessing the\ud levels of group cohesion in their current workplace, as well as seven other constructs as\ud defined by Hardy et al.???s (2005) study. Hypotheses predicting significant positive\ud correlations between cohesiveness and coworker salience, social actualization, social\ud integration, and job interdependence were supported. A discussion of the results and the\ud future research areas relating to group cohesion in the workplace are included