Small Group Research Implications for Peace Psychology and Conflict Resolution /

• Main Authors: Blumberg, Herbert (Author), Kent, M. Valerie (Author), Hare, A. Paul (Author), Davies, Martin F. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Peace Psychology Book Series
• Subjects: Psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.

As a basic setting for negotiation, the small group can be a crucible of collaboration, or a recipe for hostility. As research interest in small groups has evolved into a salient aspect of social psychology with a robust literature, studies in leadership, power relationships, and teamwork have lent...

Table of Contents:

• Cooperation, competition and conflict resolution
• Coalitions, bargaining, and games
• Group dynamics and social cognition
• The group and the organization
• Team performance
• Intergroup relations.