@article{2101, keywords = {equity, group discussion, group dynamics, rewards}, author = {Sik Ng}, title = {Intergroup Allocation Bias Before and after Group Discussion}, abstract = {
Previous research has shown that the amount of reward allocated to the ingroup and outgroup was affected by two factors: recipients{\textquoteright} inputs to the reward pool and the group membership of the allocators and recipients. The cross-pressures of these two factors, one in the direction of equity and the other in the direction of ingroup bias, were further examined in the present study together with a third factor{\textemdash}namely, group discussion. Results of an experiment (N = 42) showed that ingroup bias appeared in both private and public allocation decisions prior to the discussion but disappeared afterwards. Accompanying this change was an increase in the confidence of making the postdiscussion decisions. The allocation results did not conform to either the group salience or the group polarization hypothesis. The salience of self, which might have been heightened by the discussion experience, could have accounted for the change.
}, year = {1984}, journal = {Journal of Social Psychology}, volume = {124}, pages = {95-103}, doi = {10.1080/00224545.1984.9924541}, }