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Basic Group Processes [electronic resource] / edited by P. B. Paulus.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Springer Series in Social PsychologyPublisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1983Edition: 1st ed. 1983Description: XII, 356 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781461255789
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 150 23
LOC classification:
  • BF1-990
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Contents:
1. Introduction -- 1. Social Influence Processes in Groups -- 2. Leadership Theory and Research: A Systems-Process Integration -- 3. Minority Influence -- 4. Group Discussion and Judgment -- 2. Group Influence on Task Performance and Informational Processing -- 5. Group Influence on Individual Task Performance -- 6. The Impact of Personal Equity Processes on Performance in a Group Setting -- 7. Social Context Effects in Persuasion: The Effects of Multiple Sources and Multiple Targets -- 3. Exchange Processes in Groups -- 8. Coalition Formation: A Social Psychological Approach -- 9. The Influence of Communication on Bargaining -- 10. Procedural Justice, Participation, and the Fair Process Effect in Groups and Organizations -- 4. Interaction in Groups -- 11. Loneliness, Sex-Role Orientation, and Group Life: A Social Needs Perspective -- 12. The Interpersonal Orientations of Disclosure -- 13. Influences of Past Relationships on Subsequent Ones -- Author Index.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: Research on groups has been a major focus of concern among psychologists and sociologists for many years. The study of groups certainly deserves a central role in these disciplines since much of our behavior occurs in groups and many important social phenomena involve groups. Issues such as leadership, conformity, group decision-making, group task performance, and coalition formation have had a long history of research. However, recently a number of other areas of research have blossomed that provide interesting new perspectives on group processes (e.g., social impact). In addition, topics of research have developed outside the commonly ac­ cepted domain of group dynamics (e.g., self-disclosure) which seem to be concerned with rather basic group processes. Basic Group Processes was designed to bring together in one volume a repre­ sentative sample of the broad range of work currently being done in the area of groups. Some of the chapters provide a review of the literature while others focus more specifically on current programs of research. All, however, provide new insights into basic group processes and a number provide broad integrative schemes. All of the authors were asked to emphasize theoretical issues rather than a detailed presenta­ tion of research. Basic Group Processes suggests that research on groups is a lively enterprise and forging interesting new theoretical and empirical directions.
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1. Introduction -- 1. Social Influence Processes in Groups -- 2. Leadership Theory and Research: A Systems-Process Integration -- 3. Minority Influence -- 4. Group Discussion and Judgment -- 2. Group Influence on Task Performance and Informational Processing -- 5. Group Influence on Individual Task Performance -- 6. The Impact of Personal Equity Processes on Performance in a Group Setting -- 7. Social Context Effects in Persuasion: The Effects of Multiple Sources and Multiple Targets -- 3. Exchange Processes in Groups -- 8. Coalition Formation: A Social Psychological Approach -- 9. The Influence of Communication on Bargaining -- 10. Procedural Justice, Participation, and the Fair Process Effect in Groups and Organizations -- 4. Interaction in Groups -- 11. Loneliness, Sex-Role Orientation, and Group Life: A Social Needs Perspective -- 12. The Interpersonal Orientations of Disclosure -- 13. Influences of Past Relationships on Subsequent Ones -- Author Index.

Research on groups has been a major focus of concern among psychologists and sociologists for many years. The study of groups certainly deserves a central role in these disciplines since much of our behavior occurs in groups and many important social phenomena involve groups. Issues such as leadership, conformity, group decision-making, group task performance, and coalition formation have had a long history of research. However, recently a number of other areas of research have blossomed that provide interesting new perspectives on group processes (e.g., social impact). In addition, topics of research have developed outside the commonly ac­ cepted domain of group dynamics (e.g., self-disclosure) which seem to be concerned with rather basic group processes. Basic Group Processes was designed to bring together in one volume a repre­ sentative sample of the broad range of work currently being done in the area of groups. Some of the chapters provide a review of the literature while others focus more specifically on current programs of research. All, however, provide new insights into basic group processes and a number provide broad integrative schemes. All of the authors were asked to emphasize theoretical issues rather than a detailed presenta­ tion of research. Basic Group Processes suggests that research on groups is a lively enterprise and forging interesting new theoretical and empirical directions.

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