Concept information
Preferred term
group structure
Definition
- The discipline of social psychology is rooted in the quest to understand two aspects of how people relate to and interact with one another: stability and change. Regularities that engender observable, stable, and repeated uniformity in social interaction are generally attributed to group structure. [Source: Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations; Group Structure]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- assimilation and acculturation
- attachment theory
- boundary spanning
- cliques
- coalitions
- common-identity groups
- communication networks
- computer-mediated communication
- crowding
- crowds
- diversity
- dominance hierarchies
- dynamical systems approach
- emergent norm theory
- faultlines
- gender and behavior
- gender roles
- group boundaries
- group cohesiveness
- group composition
- group development
- group dissolution
- group formation
- group position theory
- group socialization
- homophily
- inclusion/exclusion
- initiation rites
- jigsaw classroom
- job design
- legitimation
- mergers
- norms (social)
- opinion deviance
- organization (group structure)
- ostracism
- relational cohesion theory
- roles
- role transitions
- schisms
- shared mental models
- social networks
- social relations model
- sociometric choice
- sports teams
- staff turnover
- status
- status characteristics/expectation states theory
- status construction theory
- stepladder technique
- symlog
- systems theory
- team building
- territoriality
- tokenism
- virtual/internet groups
- work teams
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/group_structure
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