this case, they shifted according to the ideas and issues discussed (7). While one might have thought that the three members who knew each other would constitute a solid and stable coalition, one or two of them sometimes formed coalitions with the remaining member, depending on their perspectives. After some discussion during the first meeting, my task group was able to arrive at a preliminary consensus about our first step in the research process: to set up interviews with doctors, survey nursing students and random people. Contrary to Egolf's concept of consensus building (121), my task group did not require considerable time or compromises to achieve a consensus.
The engaging stage of group development is addressed by Fisher's emergence and reinforcement stages and Tuckman's norming and performing stages (cited in Egolf 102-3). According to both theorists, th
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