Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie Biblioteek

Includes bibliographical references.

Part I. Introduction to Group Dynamics -- Origins of Group Dynamics / Cartwright and Zander -- Issues and Basic Assumptions / Cartwright and Zander -- Part II. Groups and Group Membership -- Groups and Group Membership : Introduction / Cartwright and Zander -- Social Facilitation / Zajonc -- Reference Groups, Membership Groups, and Attitude Change / Siegel and Siegel -- Group Identification Under Conditions of External Danger / Janis -- The Nature of Group Cohesiveness / Cartwright -- Opinion Evaluation and Affiliation / Radloff -- Effect of Severity of Initiation on Liking for a Group / Aronson and Mills -- Arousal and Reduction of Dissonance in Social Contexts / Festinger and Aronson -- Part III. Pressures to Uniformity in Groups -- Pressures to Uniformity in Groups : Introduction / Cartwright and Zander -- Operation of Group Standards / Festinger, Schachter, and Back -- Deviation, Rejection, and Communication / Schachter -- Informal Social Communication / Festinger -- An Experimental Study of Cohesiveness and Productivity / Schachter, Ellertson, McBride, and Gregory -- Political Standards in Secondary Groups / Converse and Campbell -- Part IV. Power and Influence in Groups -- Power and Influence in Groups : Introduction / Cartwright and Zander -- The Dynamics of Power / Lippitt, Polansky, Redl, and Rosen -- Power in the Classroom / Gold -- The Bases of Social Power / French and Raven -- A Comparison of Augmentation and Reduction as Modes of Influence / Ring and Kelley -- Some Conditions Affecting the Use of Ingratiation to Influence Performance Evaluation / Jones, Gergen, Gumpert, and Thibaut -- Some Effects of Power on the Relations Among Group Members / Hurwitz, Zander, and Hymovitch -- Part V. Leadership and Performance of Group Functions -- Leadership and Performance of Group Functions : Introduction / Cartwright and Zander -- Leader Behavior and Member Reaction in Three "Social Climates" / White and Lippitt -- Overcoming Resistance to Change / Coch and French -- Situational Determinants of Leadership Structure / Korten -- Personality and Situational Determinants of Leadership Effectiveness / Fiedler -- The Behavior of Leaders and Other Group Members / Carter, Haythorn, Shriver, and Lanzetta -- Phases in Group Problem-Solving / Bales and Strodtbeck -- Part VI. Motivational Processes in Groups -- Motivational Processes in Groups : Introduction / Cartwright and Zander -- Group Aspirations / Zander -- Group Influence on Individual Risk-Taking / Wallach, Kogan, and Bem -- The Recall of Interrupted Group Tasks : an Experimental Study of Individual Motivation in Relation to Group Goals / Horwitz -- The Effects of Cooperation and Competition upon Group Process / Deutsch -- Part VII. Structural Properties of Groups -- The Structural Properties of Groups : Introduction / Cartwright and Zander -- Communication Patterns in Task-oriented Groups / Bavelas -- Differentiation of Roles in Task-oriented Groups / Guetzkow -- Experiments on the Alteration of Group Structure / Bavelas, Hastorf, Gross, and Kite -- On "Status-Liability" / Wiggins, Dill, and Schwartz -- Stabilities Underlying Changes in Interpersonal Attraction / Newcomb -- A Formal Theory of Social Power / French.

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