Abstract
Territoriality in seat-taking of 15 faculty members of a university was investigated by means of observing a faculty meeting held once a month during two academic years except summer vacations and by interviewing each of the faculty members after the observation period. At the meeting room, no seat was reserved, i.e., any seat was available for any member. Seat-taking behavior observed at 18 meetings and the data obtained by the interview were analyzed. The result verified the working hypotheses on territoriality, such as the member's attachment to particular seats, dominant seat-occupancy by higher status members, stabilization of seat-taking behavior within the group, and reluctance to intrude into others' seats.
