The Camilleri-Berger model revisited

Abstract

More than three decades ago, Santo F. Camilleri and Joseph Berger carried out a set of experiments on decision making and social influence. In their experimental setting, two subjects worked together on a task. The dependent variable was whether a subject would accept or resist the other's influence, given a disagreement between them. One independent variable involved a subject's ability compared with that of her or his partner, a second involved the subject's responsibility for the team's final decisions. Then, researchers did not have access to the statistical and computational technology available today, so Camilleri and Berger (1967) did not analyze their experimental data rigorously in terms of their model. Doing so reveals surprisingly supportive results, especially after some fine tuning based on more recent work. Perhaps most importantly, this suggests what may be a promising approach to contemporary questions about sentiment and task-group processes.

Citation

Balkwell, J.W. (2001), "The Camilleri-Berger model revisited", Advances in Group Processes (Advances in Group Processes, Vol. 18), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 217-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0882-6145(01)18009-4