Roles Within Groups

Functional Roles

Task Roles (content)
  • Initiator/contributor
  • Information seeker
  • Information giver
  • Opinion seeker
  • Opinion giver
  • Elaborator/clarifier
  • Coordinator
  • Diagnostician
  • Orienter/summarizer
  • Energizer
  • Procedure developer
  • Secretary
  • Evaluator/critic

Dysfunctional Roles


  • Blocker
  • Aggressor
  • Deserter
  • Dominator
  • Recognition seeker
  • Joker
  • Cynic
Social/Maintenance Roles
(relational)
  • Supporter/encourager
  • Harmonizer
  • Tension reliever
  • Conciliator
  • Gatekeeper
  • Feeling expressor
  • Follower