The Cycles of Group Movement and “Stuckness”
Most theories of group development are strong in their descriptions of stages, phases, or cycles and weak in their analysis of the processes by which groups move from one condition to another. Movement is usually explained in terms of a “working-through” process. Rarely, however, is there any elaboration of what is meant by “working through.” A paradoxical conception of group life contains within it a model of group movement. In this chapter, we will depart from the conflict-resolution approaches that have characterized group dynamic theories for several decades. In its place, we will elaborate the ...
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