Advances in Group Processes / Edition 1

by Edward J. Lawler, Michael W. Macy

Overview

This volume offers a diverse array of chapters. Areas covered consist of an extension and clarification of theoretical research on social networks; the emergence of trust and cooperative norms under conditions of uncertainty; social identity processes; and the emergent processes in discussion groups and teams.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762304523
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	08/31/1999
Series:	Advances in Group Processes , #16
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

Edward J. Lawler is Martin P. Catherwood Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. He has coauthored three books and edited or co-edited 31 volumes in the annual series, Advances in Group Processes.

Shane R. Thye is Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina. He works in the general area of social psychology and group dynamics. He has published articles in the American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, and Social Psychology Quarterly

Table of Contents

Preface (S.R. Thye et al.). Social influence networks and opinion change (N.E. Friedkin, E.C. Johnsen). Understanding Network Exchange Theory (M.J. Lovaglia). Altruism vs. self-interest in social support: computer simulations of cooperation and partner selection in social support networks (A. Flache, R. Hegselmann). The production of trust in online markets (P. Kollock). Part of life's rich tapestry: stereotyping and the politics of intergroup relations (P.J. Oakes et al.). Bounded generalized reciprocity: ingroup boasting and ingroup favoritism (Toshio Yamagishi et al.). Status orders in task discussion groups (J. Skvoretz et al.). Institutional logics and group environments: toward an open system perspective on group processes (L. Troyer, S.D. Silver).

Editorial Reviews

Social science and business scholars present theoretical analyses, reviews, and theory-based empirical findings on group phenomena in groups ranging from the very small to the very large. Among the topics are the enemy of my friend is easy to remember: balance as a compression heuristic, identity contests and the negotiation of organizational change, status and identity pivot points in social interaction, and deviation in voice pitch as a measure of physiological stress response to group processes.

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