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Group Behavior

Group Behavior is a subfield of human behavior that examines the actions, interactions, and collective dynamics of individuals within structured or unstructured political and social groups, distinguished by its focus on shared norms, emergent roles, and the influence of group context on decision-making and action.

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The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups.

Sidney C. Sufrin, Mancur Olson · Industrial and Labor Relations Review · 1966 · 11.8K citations

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Social categorization and intergroup behaviour

Henri Tajfel, M. G. Billig, R. P. Bundy et al. · European Journal of Social Psychology · 1971 · 5.5K citations

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Social Behavior as Exchange

George C. Homans · American Journal of Sociology · 1958 · 5.1K citations

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Dynamic models of segregation†

Thomas C. Schelling · Journal of Mathematical Sociology · 1971 · 4.9K citations

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Social Behavior: Its Elementary Forms

Edwin P. Hollander, George C. Homans · The American Journal of Psychology · 1963 · 4.7K citations

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Authors

6.6K

  1. MA
    Michael A. Hogg

    Claremont Graduate University, United States

    16 publications · 2.4K citations

    16

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  2. RS
    Russell Spears

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    15 publications · 3.7K citations

    15

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  3. WR
    Winnifred R. Louis

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    14 publications · 1.1K citations

    14

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  4. JH
    James H. Davis

    University of South Alabama, United States

    18 publications · 1.6K citations

    14

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  5. NL
    Norbert L. Kerr

    Michigan State University, United States

    13 publications · 1.5K citations

    12

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Institutions

1.7K

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    35 h-index

    81 publications

    9.3K citations

  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    34 h-index

    63 publications

    5.9K citations

  3. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    30 h-index

    93 publications

    8.9K citations

  4. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    24 h-index

    44 publications

    3.5K citations

  5. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    24 h-index

    57 publications

    7.7K citations

  6. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    23 h-index

    62 publications

    4.3K citations

  7. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    23 h-index

    53 publications

    4.2K citations

  8. New York University

    New York, United States

    23 h-index

    51 publications

    12.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    153 publications · 25.3K citations

    71

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  2. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 57 publications · 12.8K citations

    42

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  3. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    65 publications · 5.8K citations

    40

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  4. Small Group Research

    SGR · 83 publications · 5.6K citations

    39

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  5. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology

    47 publications · 5.4K citations

    30

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