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      How Groups Encourage Misbehavior
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      How Groups Encourage Misbehavior

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      How Groups Encourage Misbehavior book

      ByKevin R. Murphy
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2021
      eBook Published 27 May 2021
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429323515
      Pages 408
      eBook ISBN 9780429323515
      Subjects Behavioral Sciences, Economics, Finance, Business & Industry
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      Murphy, K.R. (2021). How Groups Encourage Misbehavior (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429323515

      ABSTRACT

      How Groups Encourage Misbehavior explores the psychological and social processes by which groups develop a tolerance for and even encourage misbehavior. Drawing from decades of research on social, cognitive and organizational psychology, as well as a deep well of historical research, this book shows how commitment to groups, organizations and movements can turn moral individuals into amoral agents.

      Pulling together what have been traditionally distinct areas of study, How Groups Encourage Misbehavior provides a detailed and unified account of how good organizations go bad and how groups of all types can push otherwise honest and upright individuals to behave in ways that violate laws and social norms. This text describes how social norms, rationalization, the characteristics of formal and informal groups, attachment to groups and organizations, and the structure of organizational life can all contribute to misbehavior. Each chapter includes one or more sidebar discussions of relevant and interesting examples to illustrate the ways groups and organizations encourage and support misbehavior. The final two chapters discuss how many of these same attributes and processes can be used to encourage positive behaviors and foster recovery from dysfunctional and corrupt cultures and modes of behavior.

      A valuable text for a broad range of psychology courses, How Groups Encourage Misbehavior will especially appeal to practitioners, scholars, and students interested in ethics in organizations and the intersection between social psychology and organizational behavior.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      part Part I|170 pages

      The Psychology of Misbehavior

      chapter 1|23 pages

      Misbehavior: The Role of Persons and Situations

      chapter 2|20 pages

      Misbehavior in Groups and Social Situations

      chapter 3|24 pages

      Social Processes That Enable or Support Misbehavior

      chapter 4|30 pages

      Cognitive Processes That Enable or Support Misbehavior

      chapter 5|24 pages

      Informal Groups

      chapter 6|23 pages

      Formal Groups, Parties, and Associations

      chapter 7|24 pages

      Relationships Between Individuals and Groups

      Attachment, Identity, and Commitment

      part Part II|149 pages

      The Workplace as a Focal Point for Understanding Misbehavior

      chapter 8|30 pages

      Misbehavior in Organizations

      chapter 9|31 pages

      Contextual, Social, and Organizational Processes That Encourage Misbehavior

      chapter 10|33 pages

      How Organizations Go Wrong

      Bad Apples or Bad Barrels?

      chapter 11|31 pages

      Sick Organizations

      chapter 12|22 pages

      The Corruption of Organizations

      part Part III|53 pages

      Positive Behavior in Organizations

      chapter 13|26 pages

      Prosocial Behavior in Organizations

      chapter 14|23 pages

      Building Better Organizations

      chapter |2 pages

      Epilogue

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