Morality and the Regulation of Social Behavior: Groups as Moral Anchors (European Monographs in Social Psychology)
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073FTBTF2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 450 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Throughout the book, Ellemers presents results from her own research to elucidate how social behavior is affected by moral concerns. Morality and the Regulation of Social Behavior is essential reading for academics and students in social psychology and related disciplines, and is an invaluable resource for practitioners interested in understanding moral behavior.. She offers an essential integrative summary of the social functions of moral phenomena, examines how social groups contribute to moral values, and explains how groups act as ‘moral anchors’.Her analysis suggests that intragroup dynamics and the desire to establish a distinct group identity are highly relevant to understanding the implications of morality for the regulation of individual behavior. In Morality and the Regulation of Social Behavior: Groups as Moral Anchors, Naomi Ellemers builds on her extensive research experience to draw together a wide range of insights and findings on morality. It is one of the most popular areas of research in contemporary social psychology, driven in part by recent political-economic crises and the behavioral patterns they exposed. In doing this, she highlights how such insights advance our understanding of moral behavior and moral
This book provides a vital psychological perspective on morality, groups, and organizational ethics.' - Professor Roger Giner-Sorolla, School of Psychology, University of Kent, UK. 'In Morality and the Regulation of Social Behaviour, Naomi Ellemers argues that morality cannot be understood except as a group phenomenon. Unlike most research in moral psychology, which has emphasized the contents of moral rules, here we see how group concerns transform vague rules into concrete actions, and motivate us to look for signs of good character and ethical climate. Using vivid real
Naomi Ellemers is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, and Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy for the humanities and social sciences. She is well known for her research on group processes and intergroup relations, and for the way she combines laboratory research wi