DaejeonSecure group members wrote more persuasive dissent in 2 experiments.
KAIST researchers say belonging lowers the cost of dissent, in Scientific Reports.
Secure members focused on the problem, not on others’ reactions, and majority raters judged their arguments more persuasive.
Both experiments used hypothetical scenarios, not real organisations.
The available text gives no sample size, and the insider-versus-outsider results are cut off.
How each outlet framed it
- Phys.org
- identifies psychological security within groups as mechanism enabling members to express minority opinions without fear of rejection
Sources: Phys.org