Issue 3
Vol. 41
1999

Table of Contents

• Siegfried Stumpf & Alexander Thomas: 
  Editors’ Preface: Some Introducing Remarks

Conceptual and Theoretical Approaches Concerning Diversity and Group Effectiveness

• Alexander Thomas: 
  Group Effectiveness: A Balance between Heterogeneity and Homogeneity

• Yoshihisa Kashima: 
  Culture, Groups, and Coordination Problems

• John G. Oetzel: 
  Developing a Theoretical Model of Intercultural Small Groups: Understanding the Effects of Culture and Cultural Diversity on Work Group Processes and Outcomes

• Siegfried Stumpf: 
  Diversity and Synergy: An Analysis of the Synergy-Concept

Empirical Studies on Various Diversity Factors in Groups

• Dieter Beck, Rudolf Fisch & Wolfgang Bergander: 
  Functional Roles in Work Groups - An Empirical Approach to the Study of Group Role Diversity

• Erich H. Witte & Frank von Pablocki: 
  Differences in Styles of Behavior: State- and Action-Orientation in Problem-Solving Dyads

• Guido Hertel, Norbert L. Kerr & Lawrence A. Messé: 
  Revisiting the Köhler Effect: Does Diversity Enhance Motivation and Performance in Groups?

• Petra Badke-Schaub: 
  Group Effectiveness in Design Practice: Analysis and Training by a Critical-Situation-Approach

Empirical Studies on Pluricultural Groups

• Peter B. Smith: 
  Predicting Process Difficulties in Multicultural Teams

• Hora W. Tjitra: 
  Cultural Specific Problem Solving and Communication Styles: The Strength and the Problem Areas of German-Indonesian Groups

• Ulrich Zeutschel: 
  Potentials and Pitfalls of German/U.S.-American Cooperation in Workgroups

Outlook

• Siegfried Stumpf & Alexander Thomas: 
  How to Cope with the Diversity of Diversity Research on Group Effectiveness: Some Outlines for Future Empirical Research, Theory Building and Practical Applications