| Chapter Outline
FORMATIVE RESEARCH IN GROUP INTERACTION
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| | | FUNCTIONAL THEORY
- Formative Influences of Functional Theory
- Assumptions and Predictions of Functional Theory
- Empirical Tests, Critiques and Revisions of Functional Theory
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| | | STRUCTURATIONAL APPROACHES
- Structuration Theory Revisited
- The Structuration of Group Arguments
- Adaptive Structuration Theory
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| | | SYMBOLIC CONVERGENCE THEORY
- Theoretical Precursors and Original Development
- The Symbolic Convergence Framework
- Concepts in Symbolic Convergence Theory
- The Impact of Symbolic Convergence
- Explanations for Convergence in Small Group Communication
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| | | COMPARISON AND COMMENTARY
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