Regulary focus in group contexts

Abstract

The thesis examines the influence of group processes on the regulatory focus of individual group members. It is demonstrated that the group situation can affect group members' regulatory focus both in a top-down fashion (via the identitiy of the group) and in a bottom-up fashion (emerging from the group process). Furthermore, the influence of teams diverse in regulatory focus is examined, both in empirical and real-life teams(i.e. hockey teams). As a general result it was found that regulatory focus diversity can contribute positively to the performance of the team. All results are discussed in terms of their theoretical and practical implications.