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Human Group by George Caspar Homans (1991, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-101560005726

ISBN-139781560005728

eBay Product ID (ePID)606894

Product Key Features

Number of Pages520 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameHuman Group

SubjectOrganizational Behavior, Economics / General, Social Psychology

Publication Year1991

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

AuthorGeorge Caspar Homans

Subject AreaPsychology, Business & Economics

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight20.8 Oz

Item Length8.8 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN91-019944

Dewey Edition19

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal301.15

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisGeorge 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., The study of even the smallest groups is extremely complex. 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. In all five cases, Homans selects comparable ...

LC Classification NumberHM133.H577 1992