Advances in Group Processes.

Front Cover -- Advances in Group Processes -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Editorial Advisory Board -- Preface -- The Enemy of My Friend Is Easy to Remember: Balance as a Compression Heuristic -- Introduction -- Background -- Balance Theory -- Social Networks and Cognition -- Theory and Hypotheses -- Methods -- Experimental Design -- Measures -- Results -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Social Projection in Generalized Exchange -- Generalized Exchange as Strategic Choice -- Social Projection -- False Consensus Bias and Generalized Exchange -- Pluralistic Ignorance and Generalized Exchange -- Social Projection and Generalized Exchange over Time -- General Discussion -- Practical Implications -- Directions for Research -- Conclusion -- References -- Identity Contests and the Negotiation of Organizational Change -- Theoretical Background -- Identity and Motivation -- Organizations and Identity Rewards -- Identity Threats and Forms of Response -- From Kitschy Fun to Serious Athleticism -- The Identities at Stake -- Identity Threats -- Individual and Collective Responses -- Organizational Change -- Union Organizing at Green Grocer -- The Identities at Stake -- Identity Threats -- Individual and Collective Responses -- Organizational Change -- Theoretical Implications -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- What Makes Employees Zealous Supporters of Their Firm's CSR Initiative? The Role of Employees' Perceptions of Their Firm's ... -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Authenticity -- Attribution of CSR Initiatives -- Hypotheses -- Methods -- The Context -- Sample -- Measures -- Control Variables -- Results -- Measurement Models -- Structural Models -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Notes -- References.

Minority Influence, Status, and the Generation of Novel Ideas -- Introduction -- The Contributions of Dissent to Group Decision Making -- Theoretical Background -- Minority Influence Theory/Conversion Theory -- Status Characteristics Theory -- Methods -- Experimental Design -- Participants -- Task Instructions, Experimental Manipulations, and Dependent Variables -- Results -- Manipulation Checks -- Analysis of Influence Behavior -- Minority Views and the Generation of Novel Ideas -- Status, Minority Views, and the Generation of Novel Ideas -- Discussion and Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Appendix A: Scope Conditions, Assumptions, and Propositions -- Scope Conditions -- Assumptions -- Propositions -- Status and Identity Pivot Points in Social Interaction -- Introduction -- Affect Control Theory -- Status Characteristics Theory -- Differences between Affect Control Theory and Status Characteristics Theory -- Scope Conditions -- Assumptions -- Where do Identity and Status Processes Meet? -- Pivot Points -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix: Scope Conditions for Status Characteristics Theory -- Gender Stereotypes, Risk-Taking, and Gendered Mobility -- Previous Research on Gender and Risk-Taking Behavior -- Observed Gender Differences in Risk-Taking Behavior -- Previous Explanations for Gender Differences in Risk-Taking Behavior -- Risk-Taking Is a Gendered Action -- Prescriptive Gender Stereotypes about Risk-Taking -- Descriptive Gender Stereotypes, Uncertainty, Attributions, and Evaluations -- A Sociological Explanation for Gender Differences in Risk-Taking Behavior -- Gendered Payouts for Risk-Taking Behavior and Women's Risk-Taking Behavior -- Gendered Access to Risk-Taking -- Need for a Sociological Explanation for Gender Differences in Risk-Taking -- Risk-Taking and Rewards in Institutional Contexts.

Autonomy, Uncertainty, and Risk-Taking -- Payouts to Successful Risk-Taking within Institutional Settings -- Evidence that Successful Risk-Taking Is Highly Rewarded -- Risk-Taking and Gendered Mobility -- Possible Interventions -- Future Research -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Deviation in Voice Pitch as a Measure of Physiological Stress Response to Group Processes -- Limitations of Self-Report and Physiological Methods of Stress Measurement -- Stress Response and Speech Features -- Stress Response and Fundamental Frequency -- Status Loss, Dominance, and Stress as Potential Mechanisms for Deviation in Fundamental Frequency -- Using Cortisol to Assess the Relationship between Physiological Stress Response and Deviation in Fundamental Frequency -- Predictions -- Methods -- Participants and Confederates -- Procedures -- Measures -- Cortisol Response -- Audio Data -- Analysis -- Results -- Descriptive Overview -- Hypothesis 1: The Relationship between Having Any Stress Response and Deviation in F0 -- Hypothesis 2: The Relationship between Magnitude of Stress Response and Deviation in F0 -- Summary -- Limitations -- Other Implications -- Future Work with Wearable Microphones -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References.

Advances in Group Processes publishes interdisciplinary group related research, this includes work on groups ranging from the very small to the very large, and on classic and contemporary topics such as status, power, exchange, justice, influence, decision-making, intergroup relations and social networks.

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