Trust will reduce a members' fear of acceptance and support. It involves everyone's self disclosure. Members clearly perceive the group goals and consider them to be realistic. Members perceive the group as an entity in its own right. The group has prestige.
Members possess knowledge or material needed by the group.
Members perceive the issues at hand to be of importance. Personal interaction among members is based on equality, with no one exercising much authority over anyone else. Members are not jealous and competitive with one another. Every group makes decisions. Groups that make effective decisions usually use a decision-making process.