The degree of small-group cohesion in an Air Force unit was related to the attitudes of members to certain aspects of Air Force life. Highly cohesive groups tend to be satisfied with the Air Force and with its group goals, but dissatisfied with the air site and their jobs. Consensus appear to operate as a social bond for the areas of satisfaction and symbiosis for the areas of dissatisfaction, the two processes thus satisfying primary needs in the small group.
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Edward Gross (1954) studied this question.
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