Social Psychology in Organisation

Social Psychology in
Organisation

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Social identity at work.....................................................................................................................3
Theory, practice and politics of organizational psychology
.....................................................................................................................................................3
Social cognition and social thinking...........................................................................................4
Power...............................................................................................................................................4
Central force governing psychology...........................................................................................4
Social and organizational life......................................................................................................4
Power and ethical behaviour in organization...................................................................................5
Social influence, social norms, conformity, minority influence, obedience and social
impact.........................................................................................................................................5
Conflict in workplace.......................................................................................................................5
Constructive, destructive and asymmetric conflict.....................................................................5
Cognitive and behavioural reaction to threats to identity................................................................6
The repair of trust
.....................................................................................................................................................6
Insight from organizational behaviour and social psychology
.....................................................................................................................................................6
Aggression (sources and coping techniques)..............................................................................6
Importance of intergroup and intergroup dynamics in creating fairness.........................................7
Perceiving and responding to (discrimination, gender, religious, sexual, cultural,
individual differences in prejudices and reducing prejudice
.....................................................................................................................................................7
Theories of intergroup relation and how to improve relations....................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERNCES:..................................................................................................................................9
Books and Journals:....................................................................................................................9