Informal social communication.

Deviation, rejection, and communication.

Stanley Schachter · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1951 · 1.1K citations

Social Sciences, Communication, Social Psychology +8

Interpersonal communication in small groups.

Léon Festinger, John Thibaut · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1951 · 202 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +12

Social pressures in informal groups : a study of human factors in housing / by Leon Festinger, Stanley Schachter and Kurt Back

Léon Festinger · Clinical Case Reports · 1950 · 198 citations

Social Sciences, Organization Studies, Sociology +12

Communication in Experimentally Created Hierarchies

Harold H. Kelley · Human Relations · 1951 · 189 citations

Life Sciences, Communication, Organization Studies +9

A Study of a Rumor: Its Origin and Spread

Léon Festinger, Dorwin Cartwright, Kathleen Barber et al. · Human Relations · 1948 · 175 citations

Social Sciences, Social Psychology, Sociology +9