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Group polarisation

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In management & leadership, group polarisation means: A shift after group discussion towards a more extreme version of the members' initial tendency.

In Turkish: grup kutuplaşması

How it is used

Use for intensification of a group's initial leaning; the shift may be towards greater caution as well as greater risk.

Example sentences

  1. Group polarisation turned the panel's initial caution into strong opposition after a long discussion.

    Discussion intensifies an existing tendency rather than necessarily creating a new one.

  2. The team examined group polarisation when its modest launch proposal became far more ambitious.

    The resulting position is more extreme than the members' starting position.

Common collocations

  • group polarisation effect
  • group polarisation in decisions
  • decision-makingThe process of choosing between different options, including collecting information, weighing risks and benefits, and agreeing who makes the final choice.
  • consensusGeneral agreement among all or most members of a group, reached through discussion, so that people can support a decision even if it was not their first choice.

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