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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- Small-Group Research and the Crisis of Social Psychology: An Introduction -- PART II: GROUP STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION -- 1 Creating the Ideal Group: Composition Effects at Work -- 2 Social Compensation and the Köhler Effect: Toward a Theoretical Explanation of Motivation Gains in Group Productivity -- 3 Status Congruence in Small Groups -- 4 Leadership: Micro-Macro Links -- 5 Effective Teamwork-A Theoretical Model and a Test in the Field -- 6 Toward a Theory of the Acting Group -- PART III: INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCE, CONFLICT, AND RESOLUTION -- 7 The Conflict Elaboration Theory of Social Influence -- 8 Information Seeking Among Individuals and Groups and Possible Consequences for Decision Making in Business and Politics -- 9 Social Identity, Self-Categorization, and the Small Group -- 10 A Behavioral Interaction Model: Toward an Integrative Theoretical Framework for Studying Intra- and Intergroup Dynamics -- 11 Similarities Among Various Conceptual Positions and Theoretical Points of View -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Individuals and two-man teams were tested on three target finding tasks. Effective performance of a target-finding task requires the establishment of an efficient search strategy which minimizes the time taken to find the target. On two of the tasks team performance was no better than would be expected, from normal order statistics, of its more capable member. Team performance on the third task presented evidence of a shift in team search strategy away from independent (or redundant) searching toward a more effective division of labor.

This book showcases new innovative research in economics, politics, sociology, and management regarding the topic. Leading scholars from a variety of disciplines present ground-breaking new research exploring the still-undiscovered value of social capital. The book employs a self-consciously multi-disciplinary approach to address two objectives: reaching out and reaching in. Through theoretical and empirical scholarship, the authors explore the many contexts in which the phenomenon can have impact. In effect, social capital research reaches out to issues of economic well-being, civic participation, educational achievement, knowledge and norm formation, and competitive advantage. Further, the authors investigate the many connections between the core themes of social capital and the pillars on which it rests, including structural networks, cognition, relationships and trust. This book is fundamentally about bridging - bridging across disciplines, units of analysis, and themes

This study questions the widely held assumption, particularly in the United States, that coeducation is best. Previous research supports the development of single-sex education for both female and male students. This study examines how the learning climate of the coeducation environment seems to affect the character development of female business students. Female business students from 11 single-sex colleges (secular and religious) perceived more reinforcement in 13 of 21 character traits than female (and male) students in 3 coeducational institutions. Several of these character traits are related to ethical behavior, such as honesty, compassion, and independence, and are sorely needed in the workplace. Improved ethics education may enable women to play a larger role in avoiding future ethical crises.

AbstractAt a time when some are questioning the relevancy of business education in general, others are now asking whether MBA programs should be blamed for society's declining trust in business and the numerous corporate ethical failures of recent decades. Whether the full blame lies with business schools or not, MBA instructors are actively seeking more effective ways to help students adopt more practical and ethical managerial paradigms. Because trust theory is simple and robust and outlines the basic mental processes that drive economic exchange while simultaneously prioritizing ethical behavior, in this article, we argue that it is distinctively suited to operationalize stakeholder theory in the classroom, providing MBA students with both a principled and a practical foundation or thematic platform for their MBA coursework and subsequent careers. We also discuss potential challenges and limitations and provide recommendations for future research.