creators_name: Tarnow, Eugen
type: journale
datestamp: 2005-07-09
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:07
metadata_visibility: show
title: BODY LANGUAGE IS OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE IN LARGE GROUPS
ispublished: unpub
subjects: soc-psy
full_text_status: public
keywords: body language, large groups, group psychology
abstract: Meetings can be an effective tool for communication, unification and complex problem solving, but often deteriorate and become improductive. In this note I apply scaling arguments to communication in meetings and suggest that as meetings get larger, it becomes more and more important to deal with the non-verbal messages.  The potential for the meeting content to become less intellectual and more emotional in large groups is stressed.
date: 1997
date_type: published
publication: N/A
refereed: FALSE
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citation:   Tarnow, Dr. Eugen  (1997) BODY LANGUAGE IS OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE IN LARGE GROUPS.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]    (Unpublished)  
document_url: http://cogprints.org/4444/1/Body_Language_is_Important_in_Large_Groups.pdf