| The Human Group Revised Edition Contributor(s): Homans, George Caspar (Author) |
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ISBN: 1560005726 ISBN-13: 9781560005728 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1991 Annotation: George C. Homaris' classic volume was among the first to study the small group as a microcosm of society. It introduced a method of analysis and a set of influential theories that cut across areas of specialization on the personality, community, and industry. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Psychology | Social Psychology |
| Dewey: 302.34 |
| LCCN: 91019944 |
| Series: Classics in Organization and Management |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6" W x 9" (1.52 lbs) 520 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: George C. Homans's classic volume The Human Group was among the first to study the small group as a microcosm of society. It introduced a method of analysis and a set of influential theories that cut across areas of specialization on the personality, community, and industry. The study of even the smallest groups is extremely complex, with the simplest associations involving an abundance of actions, relationships, emotions, motives, ideas, and beliefs. Homans concentrates on certain activities and processes he observes in five carefully selected and differentiated case studies and from them draws common patterns and ideas that serve as the bases of testable propositions. He divides his cases into static and dynamic groups. In all five cases, Homans selects comparable phenomena for analysis with a contextually different emphasis and elaboration each time. His results demonstrate that, different as these groups are, their behavior reveals fundamental similarities and social uniformities. A ground-breaking and authoritative work when it was first published in 1950, The Human Group continues to Inform and invigorate the study of small groups in sociology, psychology, management, and organizations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hare, A. Paul: - A. Paul Hare is professor of behavioral science at the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research at Ben Gurion University in Israel.Homans, George Caspar: - George Caspar Homans (1910-1989) was professor of sociology emeritus at Harvard University. He taught at the universities of Manchester, Cambridge, and Kent and is the author of The Human Group and Social Behavior along with numerous other works on social behavior and social theory. Hare, A. Paul: -A. Paul Hare is professor of behavioral science at the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research at Ben Gurion University in Israel. Polley, Richard Brian: -Richard Brian Polley is professor of business and administrative studies at Lewis and Clark College in Oregon and editor of Small Group Research. |