So you’re managing a team that can’t seem to avoid personality conflicts in the workplace? While these conflicts are inevitable in small doses, if your team is encountering them chronically, there are some steps you’ll want to take to ensure they don’t create larger and long-lasting impacts within your organization. Stress, low output, high turnover,...
Summary of: Abrams, D., Lalot, F., Hogg, M.A. (2021). Intergroup and intragroup dimensions of COVID-19: A social identity perspective on social fragmentation and unity. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 24(2), 201-209. Background & Theory This article discusses how COVID-19 has impacted our identity, both in terms of self identity and group identity, and the resulting...
Summary of: Allport, G. W. (1954). The nature of prejudice. Addison-Wesley. Background & Theory Gordon Allport’s book, The Nature of Prejudice, became a well-known foundation for the study of prejudice and discrimination, as well as intergroup contact theory. The book is compiled of 31 chapters and discusses in detail what factors might influence prejudice, how...
Summary of: University of Oklahoma. Institute of Group Relations, & Sherif, M. (1961). Intergroup conflict and cooperation: The Robbers Cave experiment (Vol. 10, pp. 150-198). Norman, OK: University Book Exchange. Background & Theory: One of the most prominent studies on intergroup conflict is Muzafer Sherif’s Robbers Cave Experiment. Conducted in the 1950s, Sherif’s contribution to...
This week’s conflict resolution tip highlights the importance of focusing on the individual, instead of the group when you are in conflict. Think about a group that you disagree with, whether it be a political affiliation, sports team, or another group that you don’t align with to some degree. Now, imagine you are about to...
Summary of: Stewart, B. D., Gulzaib, F., & Morris, D. S. M. (2019). Bridging political divides: Perceived threat and uncertainty avoidance help explain the relationship between political ideology and immigrant attitudes within diverse intergroup contexts. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(1236), 1-18. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01236 Background & Theory This article explores the divide in politics, specifically between liberals...
Summary of: Brown, J.L., Sprinkle, G.B., and Way, D. (2021). The effects of multi-level group identification on intergroup helping behavior. KNOWLEDGE – Journal of Management Accounting Research. Background & Theory: Past research on workplace group identification has focused on how identifying with a group can lead to positive results for both the employee and the...
Summary of: Kershaw, C., Rast III, D. E., Hogg, M. A., & van Knippenberg, D. (2021). Battling ingroup bias with effective intergroup leadership. British Journal of Social Psychology, 1-21. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjso.12445 Background & Theory This article explores how an intergroup leader might influence subgroups to have an intergroup relational identity opposed to a single collective identity. Specifically...
Summary of: Slocombe, B., & Wastell, C. (2020). Belief rigidity as a viable target in the peaceful resolution of enduring conflict. New England Journal of Public Policy, 32(2), 1-19. https://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp/vol32/iss2/6 Background & Theory This article examines how belief rigidity might contribute to ongoing conflict, and the ways that perhaps it can be lessened, even a...
Summary of: Maribondo Albuquerque, I., Rosas Torres, A. R., Álvaro Estramiana, J. L., & Garrido Luque, A. (2019). Influence of group membership, moral values and belief in a just world in blaming the victim. Trends in Psychology, 27(4). https://www.scielo.br/j/tpsy/a/GrFS5nsFcRVt7Gz58C5kGcF/?format=pdf&lang=en Background & Theory The authors summarize their research in their 2019 article to highlight the connections between...
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