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The author begins his article with general discussion of the importance and role of collective working groups in the socialist society. There is especially emphasized the thesis that „collectivity” is a historical process of development of groups of employees taking place in the socialist society. By means of sociological studies carried out in different enterprises in the GDR the author is trying to define factors determining it and degree of implementation in practice of collectivity features in the analyzed working groups. These studies prove that in the German Democratic Republic there is well advanced implementation of the model character of socialist relations of working people. To prove this statement the author quotes among others opinions of workers that good relations between colleagues are indispensable to achieve satisfaction in work and positive appraisal of the place of work. The assessment of these relations depends on the degree of friendliness and matter-of-fact as well as critical climate in the working group An important role in this process is also played by the socialist superior and the political organization — the core of collectivity. When summing up the article, the author presents a list of eight criteria being components of social maturity of the working group.