The Handbook of Group Research and Practice emphasizes the connections among basic research and theory, applied research, and group practice to demonstrate how theory and research translate into methods for working with groups. It is an excellent resource for students, academics, and practitioners in the fields of psychotherapy, psychology, sociology, management, communications, social work, education, and science and technology
Key features include:
- a multidisciplinary and international perspective from international contributors;
- an historical overview of the development of research and group practice;
- identifying contemporary issues with an emphasis on the research agenda in the field;
- descriptions of seven different theoretical perspectives on how groups function;
- looks at both traditional and new methods of studying group research;
- advancing current efforts to increase the understanding of how groups are employed and operate to solve pressing social and individual problems.
The Handbook of Group Research and Practice is a unique, interdisciplinary resource written by world-renowned researchers and practitioners who work with teams and groups in a variety of settings. As a result, this handbook provides students, academics, and practitioners with the most comprehensive understanding about the latest findings and issues in group research and practice to date.
Susan A. Wheelan, PhD, is president of GDQ Associates, Inc. She was professor of Psychological Studies and faculty director of the Training and Development Center at Temple University. She has worked in a number of school, hospital, and clinical settings. Dr. Wheelan received Temple University's Great Teacher Award in 1992. She is coeditor of The Lewin Legacy: Field Theory in Current Practice and Advances in Field Theory. She coauthored How to Discipline Without Feeling Guilty. Dr. Wheelan is the author of Facilitating Training Groups, Group Processes: A Developmental Perspective, The Handbook of Group Research and Practice, and Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders. She has written numerous articles for publication as well. Dr. Wheelan has provided consultation to a wide variety of organizations. She has led workshops and training seminars on such topics as Executive Development, The Role of the Internal Consultant, Working in Teams, Management Skills, Communication Skills, Dealing With Difficult Employees, Leadership, Conflict Management, and many more. She has been an invited speaker in Sweden, Norway, England, Ireland, Israel, the Netherlands, and throughout the United States. Topics included group and organizational development, diversity, and conflict management.
Show moreThe Handbook of Group Research and Practice emphasizes the connections among basic research and theory, applied research, and group practice to demonstrate how theory and research translate into methods for working with groups. It is an excellent resource for students, academics, and practitioners in the fields of psychotherapy, psychology, sociology, management, communications, social work, education, and science and technology
Key features include:
- a multidisciplinary and international perspective from international contributors;
- an historical overview of the development of research and group practice;
- identifying contemporary issues with an emphasis on the research agenda in the field;
- descriptions of seven different theoretical perspectives on how groups function;
- looks at both traditional and new methods of studying group research;
- advancing current efforts to increase the understanding of how groups are employed and operate to solve pressing social and individual problems.
The Handbook of Group Research and Practice is a unique, interdisciplinary resource written by world-renowned researchers and practitioners who work with teams and groups in a variety of settings. As a result, this handbook provides students, academics, and practitioners with the most comprehensive understanding about the latest findings and issues in group research and practice to date.
Susan A. Wheelan, PhD, is president of GDQ Associates, Inc. She was professor of Psychological Studies and faculty director of the Training and Development Center at Temple University. She has worked in a number of school, hospital, and clinical settings. Dr. Wheelan received Temple University's Great Teacher Award in 1992. She is coeditor of The Lewin Legacy: Field Theory in Current Practice and Advances in Field Theory. She coauthored How to Discipline Without Feeling Guilty. Dr. Wheelan is the author of Facilitating Training Groups, Group Processes: A Developmental Perspective, The Handbook of Group Research and Practice, and Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders. She has written numerous articles for publication as well. Dr. Wheelan has provided consultation to a wide variety of organizations. She has led workshops and training seminars on such topics as Executive Development, The Role of the Internal Consultant, Working in Teams, Management Skills, Communication Skills, Dealing With Difficult Employees, Leadership, Conflict Management, and many more. She has been an invited speaker in Sweden, Norway, England, Ireland, Israel, the Netherlands, and throughout the United States. Topics included group and organizational development, diversity, and conflict management.
Show moreIntroduction - Susan A. Wheelan
PART I: Group Research and Practice: Then and Now
1. The History of Group Research - Donelson R. Forsyth and Jeni L.
Burnette
2. Contemporary Issues in Group Research: The Need for Integrative
Theory - Jennifer L. Berdahl and Kelly Bouas Henry
3. The History of Group Practice: A Century of Knowledge - Sally H.
Barlow, Gary M. Burlingame, and Addie J. Fuhriman
4. Contemporary Issues in Group Practice - Janice DeLucia-Waack and
Cynthia R. Kalodner
PART II: Theoretical Perspectives on Groups
5. The Psychoanalytic Perspective - Marvin H. Geller
6. The Functional Perspective - Jonathon N. Cummings and Deborah G.
Ancona
7. The Developmental Perspective - Susan A. Wheelan
8. The Social Identity Perspective - Michael A. Hogg
9. The Communication Perspective on Group Life - Lawrence R. Frey
and Sunwolf
10. The Systems Perspective - Yvonne Agazarian and Susan Gantt
11. Chaos, Complexity, and Catastrophe: The Nonlinear Dynamics
Perspective - Holly Arrow
PART III: Methods in Group Research and Practice
12. Design and Analysis of Experimental Research on Groups - Rick
H. Hoyle
13. Field Studies: A Focus on Group Research - Maria T. Riva and
Maximillian Wachtel
14. Nonlinear Methods for the Social Sciences - Stephen J.
Guastello
15. Social Life in Silico: The Science of Artificial Societies -
Damon M. Centola and Michael W. Macy
PART IV: Applied Group Research
16. Group Dynamics and Effectiveness: Five Years of Applied
Research - Tjai M. Nielsen, Eric D. Sundstrom, and Terry R.
Halfhill
17. Conflict Within and Between Groups - R. Scott Tindale, Amanda
Dykema-Engblade, and Erin Wittkowski
18. Group Identity ad Self-Definition - Dominic Abrams, Daniel
Frings, and Georgina Randsley de Moura
19. Groups and Individual Change - Randy H. Magen and Eugene
Mangiardi
20. Virtual Teams - Marshall Scott Poole and Huiyan Zhang
PART V: Group Practice: Methods and Outcomes
21. Group Psychotherapy - Gary M. Burlingame, Suad Kapetanovic, and
Steven Ross
22. Promoting Effective Team Performance Through Training - Dana E.
Sims, Eduardo Salas, and C. Shawn Burke
23. Team Consultation - Felice Tilin and Joanne Broder Sumerson
24. Learning Groups - David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson
25. Mediating Intragroup and Intergroup Conflict - Tricia S.
Jones
26. Facilitating Group Communication - Sunwolf and Lawrence R.
Frey
27. Psychoeducational Groups - Nina W. Brown
28. Skills Training Groups - Miguel A. Quiñones and Kelly de
Chermont
Part VI: Conclusion: Charting the Future
29. Integrating Group Research and Practice - George Anderson and
Susan A. Wheelan
Susan Wheelan was president of GDQ Associates, Inc. Until 2001, she
was a professor
of psychological studies and faculty director of the Training and
Development Center
at Temple University. Dr. Wheelan received Temple University’s
Great Teacher Award
in 1992. She also worked as a psychologist in a number of hospital
and clinical settings.
Dr. Wheelan was the author of Facilitating Training Groups; Group
Processes: A
Developmental Perspective; Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for
Members and Leaders;
and Faculty Groups: From Frustration to Collaboration. She was
editor of the Handbook
of Group Research and Practice and coeditor of The Lewin Legacy:
Field Theory in Current
Practice and Advances in Field Theory. She wrote 66 research
articles for publication.
"This comprehensive work may appeal to students and faculty in both
the social sciences and business, making it a valuable
supplementary reading resource for a wide variety of courses."
*J. K. Downey*
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