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How Groups Encourage Misbehavior: How Groups, Movements and Organizations Encourage and Support Misbehavior (Applied Psychology Series) - Softcover

Book 63 of 65: Applied Psychology

Murphy, Kevin

 
9780367340292: How Groups Encourage Misbehavior: How Groups, Movements and Organizations Encourage and Support Misbehavior (Applied Psychology Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0367340291 ISBN 13: 9780367340292
Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Kevin R. Murphy is Professor Emeritus at the University of Limerick. He is the author of over one hundred and ninety articles and book chapters and author or editor of eleven books in areas ranging from psychometrics and statistical analysis to individual differences, performance assessment and honesty in the workplace.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367340291
ISBN 13 
9780367340292
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
408