Book chapter
Status, Emotion, and the Development of Solidarity in Stratified Task Groups
Advances in Group Processes, pp.109-137
Advances in Group Processes, 19, JAI Press
2002
DOI: 10.1016/S0882-6145(02)19005-9
Abstract
Explaining the development of group solidarity in status-differentiated groups is an interesting theoretical problem because solidarity is usually considered to stem from positive affect in groups of status equals. Analysis of the evolution of human emotions allows the development of social theory focused on the functions of emotions. Human emotions evolved in tandem with the development of status hierarchies as a dominant form of social organization that function to coordinate the work of individuals in groups. Conflicting emotions generated by inequality and intragroup competition interact in status hierarchies to maintain group solidarity. An experimental test using a direct indicator of group solidarity is proposed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Status, Emotion, and the Development of Solidarity in Stratified Task Groups
- Creators
- Jeffrey HouserMichael Lovaglia
- Contributors
- Edward J Lawler (Editor)Shane R Thye (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Advances in Group Processes, pp.109-137
- Publisher
- JAI Press; Greenwich, CT
- Series
- Advances in Group Processes; 19
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0882-6145(02)19005-9
- ISBN
- 9780762308989; 0762308982
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2002
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9984305980602771
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