How Groups Encourage Misbehavior

Groups can encourage misbehavior through social norms, rationalization, attachment, and organizational structure. This book provides a comprehensive account of how good organizations go bad and how groups can push individuals to violate laws and social norms. It offers examples and discussions to illustrate these processes and how they can be used to encourage positive behaviors and foster recovery from dysfunctional and corrupt cultures.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 390 pages
\n Publication date: 27 May 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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How Groups Encourage Misbehavior delves into the intricate psychological and social mechanisms that drive groups to tolerate and even promote misbehavior. Drawing from a wealth of research spanning social, cognitive, and organizational psychology, as well as extensive historical studies, this comprehensive book sheds light on how commitment to groups, organizations, and movements can transform moral individuals into morally ambiguous agents. By seamlessly integrating traditionally distinct fields of study, How Groups Encourage Misbehavior offers a detailed and cohesive account of how good organizations deviate from their ideals and how groups of various types can influence otherwise honest and upright individuals to engage in behavior that contravenes laws and social norms. This text explores how social norms, rationalization, the unique 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 featuring relevant and captivating examples to illustrate how groups and organizations encourage and support such behavior. The final two chapters delve into how many of these same attributes and processes can be employed to foster positive behaviors and promote recovery from dysfunctional and corrupt cultures and modes of behavior.

A valuable resource for psychology courses across a wide spectrum, How Groups Encourage Misbehavior particularly resonates with practitioners, scholars, and students passionate about ethics in organizations and the interplay between social psychology and organizational behavior.

\n Weight: 592g\n
Dimension: 151 x 228 x 26 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367340292\n \n