People with good motives may engage in bribery and worse depending on what society expects of them. A political scientist ...

Group* norms are “rules” regarding what group members should think and do. They define what’s normal behavior in the group. Conformity to group norms enables the group to function smoothly. Unique ...

Companies put a great deal of time and effort in to encouraging employees to work effectively with their colleagues. If a company finds that workers have bonded in to a cohesive group, it should be a ...

This paper examines why group norms are enforced and how group norms develop. It is argued here that groups are likely to bring under normative control only those behaviors that ensure group survival, ...

But although the notion that group solidarity leads inevitably to prejudice, animosity, and conflict is common, it is also incorrect and potentially dangerous. In our new book, the two of us argue ...

To assess predictions from social identity development theory (SIDT; Nesdale, 2004) concerning children's ethnic/racial prejudice, 197 Anglo-Australian children ages 7 or 9 years participated in a ...