@phdthesis{2551,
  keywords = {psychological boundries, conflict, group decision making, intergroup dynamics, social groups, organizational behavior},
  author = {Jeffrey Polzer},
  title = {Group identification and intergroup conflict: The mystery of multiple group boundaries},
  abstract = {<p>Intergroup processes have pervasive effects on resource allocation decisions, levels of conflict and cooperation, personal judgments of other people, and many other elements of daily life. However, given that every person belongs to many groups, understanding the role of group identification in leading to behavioral outcomes is integral to understanding intergroup relations. This is especially true in organizations, where various organizationally-defined groups vie for attention along with demographic and societal groups that extend beyond the organization. This dissertation explores the relationships among group identification, intergroup bias, intergroup conflict, and decision making in the presence of multiple group boundaries via three laboratory studies. The first experiment manipulates whether category and group boundaries converge or cross within an interactive decision-making team. Mixed support was found for the hypotheses. The second and third experiments explore social dilemmas using a real organizational context in which subgroups are nested within a larger collective. In these studies, cooperation with the collective decreased under conditions of intersubgroup competition. The effects of multiple group memberships on intergroup-related phenomena and group identification are disscussed.</p>
},
  year = {1995},
  publisher = {Northwestern University},
  url = {https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/group-identification-intergroup-conflict-mystery/docview/304137314/se-2},
}