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Collaborative Roles If you have already worked in groups, as an Integrative Studies student, you may have a good understanding of various group roles. When working in a group, you may have dominant characteristics, but you will probably move in and out of various roles. It may be useful for you to spend time sorting out the roles you and other group members will play, in addition to researching and writing.  Leader - comfortable with assuming responsibility, members of the group respect her/his opinions Encourager - responds positively to contributions of group members and encourages less dominant members to express their views. Harmonizer - tries to keep conflicts in check and focuses disagreements on the subject of the task at hand. Moves conflict away from the personality perspective and toward the objectives. Compromiser - willingly adapts or removes his or her suggestions in order to resolve a stalemate.  Facilitator - adept at helping keep meetings focused and work-in-process produced in a timely fashion. Listener -  carefully listens to each member's opinions and values their opinions Collaborative strategies Appropriate collaboration Definition of plagiarism Internet - plagiarism and copyright issues Back to collaborative writing main page back to top  |  writing center  |  new century college  | george mason university