Advances in group processes. Vol. 31

• Other Authors: Thye, Shane R., Lawler, Edward J.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2014.
• Series: Advances in group processes.
• Subjects: Social Science > Sociology > General.; Social groups.; Social interaction.

Advances in group processes publishes theoretical analyses, reviews, and theory based empirical chapters on group phenomena. The series adopts a broad conception of œgroup processes. This includes work on groups ranging from the very small to the very large, and on classic and contemporary topics...

Table of Contents:

• Twenty-five years of the group processes conference : a review essay / Morris Zelditch
• Expectation states theory : growth, opportunities and challenges / Joseph Berger, David G. Wagner, Murray Webster
• The development of identity theory / Jan E. Stets, Peter J. Burke
• Relational cohesion, social commitments and person-to-group ties : twenty-five years of a theoretical research program / Shane R. Thye ... [et al.]
• Back to the future : 25 years of research in affect control theory / Neil J. MacKinnon, Dawn T. Robinson
• Elementary theory : 25 years of expanding scope and increasing precision / David Willer ... [et al.]
• Perceptions of ability and adherence to rules, guidelines, and tradition / Jeffrey W. Lucas ... [et al.]
• referent networks and distributive justice / David Melamed ... [et al.]
• Beyond networks in structural theories of exchange : promises from computational social science / James A. Kitts.