Advances in Group Processes

Shane R. Thye is 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 Martin P. Catherwood Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. He has coauthored 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.

This volume contains seven theoretical analyses, reviews, and theory-based empirical essays on group phenomena. Researchers from Europe, North America, and China address social status and its effects, particularly the nature of status inequality, double standards for competence, and the status effects of gender; issues related to identity and its effects, namely the role of intragroup communication in social categorization, uncertainty, and identity processes and whether self-stigmatization impacts the everyday interactions of people with mental health disorders; the problem of social cooperation; and the effects of authority leniency on subordinate entitlements in the workplace.

• PREFACE; Shane R. Thye and Edward J. Lawler UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF STATUS INEQUALITY: WHY IS IT EVERYWHERE? WHY DOES IT MATTER?; Cecilia L. Ridgeway ASSESSING AND BLOCKING DOUBLE STANDARDS FOR COMPETENCE; Martha Foschi, André Ndobo and Alice Faure CONTROLING STATUS EFFECTS OF GENDER; Lisa Slattery Walker SOCIAL CATEGORIZATION AND IDENTITY PROCESSES IN UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT: THE ROLE OF INTRAGROUP COMMUNICATION; Sucharita Belavadi and Michael A. Hogg SELF-STIGMA AND THE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS; Sarah K. Harkness and Amy Kroska RITUALS AND SOLIDARITY: THE EFFECTS OF SYNCHRONY AND COMPLEMENTARITY ON COOPERATION; Yue Liu and Lin Tao GIVE THEM AN INCH, AND THEY’LL EXPECT A MILE: THE EFFECTS OF AUTHORITY LENIENCY ON SUBORDINATE ENTITLEMENT; Emily M. Zitek and Verena Krause