Social Psychology Arena

Social Justice and the Experience of Emotion

• By Russell Cropanzano, Jordan H. Stein and Thierry Nadisic.

Published November 2010

This book will seek to integrate the scholarship on justice and affect. The authors focus on empirical social scientific theories pertaining to fairness, mood and emotion. Most of the literature in this book is drawn from social and organizational psychology. Other areas included will be management…
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Promoting Sustainable Local and Community Economic Development

• By Roland V. Anglin.
• Series Edited by Evan M. Berman.

Published August 2010

Growing local economies, empowering communities, revitalizing downtowns, developing entrepreneurship, building leadership, and enhancing nonprofits — you can achieve all these benefits and more with a comprehensive and strategic revitalization plan. Chronicling the struggle of local revitalization…
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Social Psychology and Organizations

• Edited by David De Cremer, J. Keith Murnighan and Rolf van Dick.

Published August 2010

This book will be one of the first to provide an overview of recent developments in social psychological theory as it applies to organizational issues. It brings together outstanding scholars whose research touches the interfaces of social psychology , IO psychology and organizational behavior.…
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A Contemporary Look at Organizational Justice

Multiplying Insult Times Injury

• By Joel Brockner.

Published April 2010

This book is for scholars with an interest in the burgeoning area of theory and research on organizational justice. The ideas it describes forge connections between the justice literature and other prominent bodies of knowledge in organizational and social psychology, including those pertaining to…
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Social Decision Making

Social Dilemmas, Social Values, and Ethical Judgments

• Edited by Roderick M. Kramer, Ann E. Tenbrunsel and Max H. Bazerman.

Published June 2009

This book, in honor of David Messick, is about social decisions and the role cooperation plays in social life. Noted contributors who worked with Dave over the years will discuss their work in social judgment, decision making and ethics which was so important to Dave. The book offers a unique and…
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Group Performance

• By Bernard A. Nijstad.

Published June 2009

People interact and perform in group settings in all areas of life. Organizations and businesses are increasingly structuring work around groups and teams. Every day, we work in groups such as families, friendship groups, societies and sports teams, to make decisions and plans, solve problems,…
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Inclusive Leadership

The Essential Leader-Follower Relationship

• By Edwin Hollander.

Published July 2008

This landmark book, by Edwin P. Hollander, a noted organizational social psychologist and long-time contributor to leadership research and practice, highlights the leader-follower relationship as central to effective leadership. Inclusive Leadership is a process of active followership…
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The Psychology of Conflict and Conflict Management in Organizations

• Edited by Carsten K.W. De Dreu, and Michele J. Gelfand.

Published December 2007

This volume in SIOP's Organizational Frontiers Series is a state-of-the-art overview of contemporary conflict research which aims to place conflict research and theory squarely within the realm of industrial and organizational psychology. This volume brings together and integrates classic and…
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Work Group Learning

Understanding, Improving and Assessing How Groups Learn in Organizations

• Edited by Valerie Sessa, and Manuel London.

Published December 2007

This contributed book shapes the emerging field of group learning by drawing on research from leading theoreticians and researchers. Author contributions aggregate existing theory and research and go beyond this foundation to examine new insights about how groups learn and what they learn, factors…
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Perspectives on Organizational Fit

• Edited by Cheri Ostroff, and Timothy A. Judge.

Published June 2007

This book concerns how employees consider their work lives, how well they fit their jobs, the work setting, other people, and what is important and valued in their organizations. Perspectives on Organizational Fit, a new book in SIOP's Organizational Frontiers Series, takes a scholarly look at fit…
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