Volume 35 brings together papers related to a variety of topics in small groups and organizational research. The volume includes papers that address theoretical and empirical issues relating to consumer behavior, vocal accommodation, measuring aggression, social identity theory, and criminal sentencing. Other contributions examine reverse discrimination, perceptions of responsibility for the behaviors of others, and expectations and coordination in small groups. Overall, the volume includes papers that reflect a wide range of theoretical approaches from leading scholars who work in group processes.

Social scientists present theoretical analysis, reviews, and theory-based empirical studies of group phenomena. Among their topics are accelerometers as a methodological tool in group processes research, identity theory paradigm integration: assessing the role of prominence and salience in the verification and self-esteem relationship, understanding white Americans' perceptions of "reverse" discrimination: an application of a new theory of status dissonance, and when people feel responsible for other people's behavior and attitudes. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *

Shane R. Thye is a 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 the Martin P. Catherwood Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. He has co-authored 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.