The Relationship Between Group Cohesiveness and Self-Censorship Among Members of Two Real Estate Companies

Abstract

This study describes the relationship between group cohesiveness and self-censorship among the members of two real estate companies. A sample of 118 respondents coming from eight departments from the two companies was obtained through a two-stage cluster sampling. The data obtained in this study revealed that group cohesiveness and self-censorship have a significant negative moderate correlation (r=-4.82; N=118; p= .000). The constructs of cohesiveness—Attraction to Group-Social, Attraction to Group-Task, Group Integration-Social, and Group Integration-Task—also have significant negative relationships with self-censorship. The data also revealed that group cohesiveness scores significantly decreased when group size increased while self-censorship scores increased together with group size. Additionally, group cohesiveness is found to be homogenous across the demographics sex, age, company position, and length of service while self-censorship is considered the opposite.