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As the interests in the work groups in organizations increases, this study tries to identify the significant differences in cohesiveness, climate, and satisfaction between group types resulting from the interaction of group members. In this study SYMLOG (A SYstem for the Multiple Level Observation of Groups) is employed to classify the group types and focused especially on the PF quadrant which is known as a desirable space in the whole SYMLOG space. The purpose of this study is to identify the group type which is expected to show the high group effectiveness or the high group productivity in the PF quadrant. The results of this study indicated that types of group influenced group productivity even if work groups are located in the most effective space(PF quadrant) in the SYMLOG space. After testing 4 hypotheses the unified group is identified the most productive type of work group in PF quadrant. This result could be understood to present a guideline for effective management of work groups and a interaction type of group members for which work groups should seek ultimately. Comparing to the results of previous studies that just identify the PF quadrant in SYMLOG space as a space for productive work groups, this result would be recognized as a progress with more specific results.