SOCPSY 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sept, Georg Simmel, Transformational Leadership
31 Jan 2020
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Group processes perspective sept 30, oct 1, Any interaction involving more than one person (45: group could cap out at around 20 people, task oriented group to accomplish a task, bound to one another in a way. Less traditional reasons, like a group of friends or a family (some you choose some you don"t) Biases: non-experimental studies: historical or qualitative/observational studies. Interaction process analysis system (ipa: systematic multiple level observation of groups (symlog) A few ipa categories: seems friendly: acts of hospitality, expression sympathy etc, agrees, disagrees, gives suggestions. 4 key processes: power and legitimacy, status. Power and legitimacy: power: ability to obtain what we desire in a group despite resistance. Inspiration, charisma, individualized consideration: gender, gender differences with leaders, gender influence style or type of leadership, females: democratic, interpersonally oriented. males: autocratic. Norms of group will determine positive or negative. Can include numbness etc: when is someone more likely to be excluded, lower on hierarchy.
