Advances in Group Processes

Shane R. Thye is a 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. He is the author of two books and series co-editor of Advances in Group Processes. Edward J. Lawler is the Martin P. Catherwood Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. He has co-authored three books and edited or co-edited 31 volumes in the annual series, Advances in Group Processes. In 2001, he received the Cooley-Mead Award for career achievement from the Social Psychology Section of the American Sociological Association.

List of contributors. Preface (S.R. Thye et al.). Group identity and intergroup relations: the common in-group identity model (J.F. Dovidio et al.). The affective dynamics of stereotyping and intergroup relations (N.J. MacKinnon, J.W. Bowlby). The formation of status beliefs: improving status construction theory (C.L. Ridgeway). The impact of task and categorical cues on social influence: fluency and ethnic accent as cues to competence in task groups (M. Foddy, P. Riches). Strategic decision making (F.N. Stokman et al.). The normative regulation of power (M. Zelditch, H.A. Walker). Beyond the concept of value in power-dependence theory: expanding a model of the "whole actor" (J.F. Stolte). Cultural contexts and developmental processes in adolescent-parent relationships (J.G. Smetana). Contagion of stress (E. Wethington). Intergenerational justice and the environment: determining the fair use of mono basin water (K.A. Hegtvedt, P.J. Flinn). A theory of embedded encounters (J.H. Turner).