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Theories of Small Groups Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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ISBN-10: 0761930760

ISBN-13: 9780761930761

Edition: 2005

Authors: Marshall Scott Poole, Andrea B. Hollingshead

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People live in groups, work in groups, and play in groups. As a result, groups have been a focus of study across the social and behavioral sciences. Although it has been actively pursued within individual disciplines and sub-disciplines, group research as a whole remains fragmented and discipline-bounded.Theories of Small Groups summarize the current state of group theory and research in a brief volume that can be used by researchers and in graduate courses that will train the next generation of group scholars. In this text, editors Marshall Scott Poole and Andrea B Hollingshead capitalize on the theoretical advances made over the last 50 years by integrating models and theories of small…    
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List price: $151.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/28/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 472
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English

Andrea B. Hollingshead (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) holds joint appointments in Speech Communication and in Psychology at Illinois. Her current projects include examining the development, use and maintenance of knowledge management systems located on company intranets; investigating how status differences among group members can affect how shared knowledge systems develop in personal and work relationships; and comparing how lies are constructed and perceived in face-to-face and computer-mediated interactions. Her recent work appears in SAGE's Handbook of New Media and in The Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology, the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, and…    

Preface
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Small Groups
A Look at Groups from the Functional Perspective
Psychodynamic Perspectives on Small Groups
The Social Identity Perspective on Small Groups
Conflict, Power, and Status in Groups
The Symbolic-Interpretive Perspective of Group Life
Understanding Groups From a Feminist Perspective
The Network Perspective on Small Groups: Theory and Research
Traces, Trajectories, and Timing: The Temporal Perspective on Groups
Small Groups From an Evolutionary Perspective
Touchstones: A Framework for Comparing Premises of Nine Integrative Perspectives on Groups