Advances in Group Processes / Edition 1

by Edward J. Lawler, Barry Markovsky, Michael J. Lovaglia, Lisa Troyer

Overview

"Advances in Group Processes" publishes theoretical, review, and empirically-based papers on group phenomena. The series adopts a broad conception of 'group processes' consistent with prevailing ones in the social psychological literature. In addition to topics such as status processes, group structure, and decision making, the series considers work on interpersonal behaviour in dyads (i.e. the smallest group). Contributors to the series include not only sociologists but also scholars from other disciplines, such as psychology and organizational behaviour.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762301720
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	06/05/1997
Series:	Advances in Group Processes , #14
Pages:	346
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.79(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 (B. Markovsky et al.). Performance under different contingent reward systems: a reconceptualization of the cooperative-competitive-individualistic literature (J.M. Chertkoff, D.J. Mesch). A reformulated social identity theory (C. Barnum). Decision making in a dyad's response to a fire alarm: a computer simulation investigation (W.E. Feinberg, N.R. Johnson). A solidaristic theory of social order (Satoshi Kanazawa). Comfort regulation as a morphogenetic principle: local dynamics of dominance, competition, and attachment (T.S. Smith, G.T. Stevens). Transitions in teamwork in new organizational forms (G. DeSanctis, M.S. Poole). "I think we can, I think we can...": the role of efficacy beliefs in group and team effectiveness (L.J. Mischel, G. Northcraft). Network connection and exchange ratios: theory, predictions and experimental tests (D. Willer, J. Skvoretz). Who benefits from being bold: the interactive effects of task cues and status characteristics on influence in mock jury groups (L. Slattery Rashotte, L. Smith-Lovin). The theory of structural ritualization (J.D. Knottnerus). Grounding groups in theory: functional, cognitive, and structural interdependencies (S. Lindenberg).

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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