Superordinate Goals Quotes

“Everyone was a stakeholder and it elicited new behavior from the students. Mr. Hughes had tapped into the power of a common mission (the psychological term is superordinate goal) to make a group cohere and to help it chart a new course and a new identity. Instead of using a scapegoat and defiance of authority to declare their cohesion as a group, they used the superordinate goals provided by the teachers under the guidance of Mr. Hughes.”
― Michael G. Thompson, Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children