Public Perception on Group Behaviour in an Organisation

Abstract

Group is an arrangement of individuals who have similar interests or aims , who organise themselves to work or act together .Behaviour is the manner in which an animal or an individual behaves in response to a particular circumstances or stimulus. . Group behaviour tends to follow the norms of the organisations and rules which are that the employees are expected to be disciplined, follow the orders and work towards the requirements and necessities of the organisation rather than their own whims and fancies. Group behaviour is emanated by the cause that is contributed by group effectiveness. Many researches were conducted and it is held that people moving in groups are more effective and learn more than in individual. For this research, an empirical study was carried out. The data was collected from 1850 respondents. Several statistical tools were used for the research such as chi-square, independent sample t test and ANOVA. The dependent variables are Comfortableness to work, Helping the teammates and aspects of group behaviour. The independent variables are age, gender and educational qualifications. The result of the study were that there is significant difference between Comfortableness to work and gender , there is significant association between Helping the teammates and age and there is significant difference in the mean scores level of agreeability towards the aspect of group behaviour such as communication , task management ,tolerance, work allotment and involvement among the educational Qualification groups.