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The effects of feedback on task group behavior: A review of the experimental research

David A. Nadler
- 01 Jun 1979 - 
- Vol. 23, Iss: 3, pp 309-338
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In this paper, the authors reviewed the effect of feedback on behavior in task groups and found that the impact of feedback is contingent on several factors including the nature of the feedback information (including level of aggregation, task/process focus, and evaluative content).
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This article is published in Organizational Behavior and Human Performance.The article was published on 1979-06-01. It has received 238 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Task (project management).

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The Power of Feedback

TL;DR: This paper provided a conceptual analysis of feedback and reviewed the evidence related to its impact on learning and achievement, and suggested ways in which feedback can be used to enhance its effectiveness in classrooms.
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The Emerging Conceptualization of Groups as Information Processors

TL;DR: In this review, the authors include research on processing objectives, attention, encoding, storage, retrieval, processing, response, feedback, and learning in small interacting task groups that underscores several characteristic dimensions of variability in group performance of cognitive tasks.
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A multiple-goal, multilevel model of feedback effects on the regulation of individual and team performance.

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Behavior in operations management: Assessing recent findings and revisiting old assumptions

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