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social entrainment  

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  • The social entrainment model was introduced by Joseph McGrath and Janice Kelly to provide a general framework for understanding some aspects of social behavior over time. The term entrainment is borrowed from the biological sciences, in which an internal rhythmic process is “captured” and modified by another cycle. [Source: Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations; Social Entrainment]

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