For example, certain workers of different departments of the factory can create a committee of safety that seeks better conditions of work from the administration. These workers can be members of different functional teams, which are established by the organization to attain the goals. However, these teams have limited duration and they dissolve formally when the goals are achieved and these teams have a smaller duration of life compared to informal group that have a continuous duration because of common interest between the members (e.g. a committee of safety).
The Informal groups in an organization are founded in a quest to fulfill the needs for belongingness. One of the many reasons for the informal groups to thrive in an organization could be the employees reaction to the threat posed by boredom, insignificance and insecurity the employees feel.
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