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Social Commitments in a Depersonalized World

By: Edward J. Lawler,Shane R. Thye,Jeongkoo Yoon

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Social Commitments in a Depersonalized World

By: Edward J. Lawler,Shane R. Thye,Jeongkoo Yoon

As individuals' ties to community organizations and the companies they work for weaken, many analysts worry that the fabric of our society is deteriorating. But others counter that new social networks, especially those forming online, create important and possibly even stronger social bonds than those of the past. In Social Commitments in a Depersonalized World, Edward Lawler, Shane Thye, and Jeongkoo Yoon examine interpersonal and group ties and propose a new theory of social commitments, showing that multiple interactions, group activities and, particularly, emotional attachment, are essential for creating and sustaining alignments between individuals and groups. Lawler, Thye, and Yoon acknowledge that long-term social attachments have proven fragile in a volatile economy where people increasingly form transactional associations—based not on collective interest but on what will yield the most personal advantage in a society shaped by market logic. Although person-to-group bonds may have become harder to sustain, they continue to play a vital role in maintaining healthy interactions in larger social groups from companies to communities. Drawing on classical and contemporary sociology, organizational psychology, and behavioral economics, Social Commitments in a Depersonalized World shows how affiliations—particularly those that involve a profound emotional component—can transcend merely instrumental or transactional ties and can even transform these impersonal bonds into deeply personal ones. The authors study the structures of small groups, corporations, economic transactions, and modern nation-states to determine how hierarchies, task allocation, and social identities help or hinder a group's vitality. They find that such conditions as equal status, interdependence, and overlapping affiliations figure significantly in creating and sustaining strong person-to-group bonds. Recurring collaboration with others to achieve common goals—along with shared responsibilities and equally valued importance within an organization—promote positive and enduring feelings that enlarge a person's experience of a group and the significance of their place within it. Employees in organizations with strong person-to-group ties experience a more unified, collective identity. They tend to work more cost effectively, meet company expectations, and better regulate their own productivity and behavior. The authors make clear that the principles of their theory have implications beyond business. With cultures pulling apart and crashing together like tectonic plates, much depends on our ability to work collectively across racial, cultural, and political divides. The new theory in Social Commitments in a Depersonalized World provides a way of thinking about how groups form and what it takes to sustain them in the modern world.

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Russell Sage Foundation

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1610446607

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9781610446600

Electromagnetic Boundary Problems

By: Edward F. Kuester,David C. Chang

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Electromagnetic Boundary Problems

By: Edward F. Kuester,David C. Chang

Electromagnetic Boundary Problems introduces the formulation and solution of Maxwell’s equations describing electromagnetism. Based on a one-semester graduate-level course taught by the authors, the text covers material parameters, equivalence principles, field and source (stream) potentials, and uniqueness, as well as: Provides analytical solutions of waves in regions with planar, cylindrical, spherical, and wedge boundaries Explores the formulation of integral equations and their analytical solutions in some simple cases Discusses approximation techniques for problems without exact analytical solutions Presents a general proof that no classical electromagnetic field can travel faster than the speed of light Features end-of-chapter problems that increase comprehension of key concepts and fuel additional research Electromagnetic Boundary Problems uses generalized functions consistently to treat problems that would otherwise be more difficult, such as jump conditions, motion of wavefronts, and reflection from a moving conductor. The book offers valuable insight into how and why various formulation and solution methods do and do not work.

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1344

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CRC Press

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113800152X

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9781138001527

Altruism and Prosocial Behavior in Groups

By: Shane R. Thye,Edward J. Lawler

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Altruism and Prosocial Behavior in Groups

By: Shane R. Thye,Edward J. Lawler

Addresses a range of phenomena related to the general question of when people behave in an altruistic fashion. This book contains topics that include how empathy induced altruism can actually be a threat to the some larger collective good, and the role of egoism in the production and maintenance of social order.

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236

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1848555733

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9781848555730

The New New Zealand

The Maori and Pakeha Populations

By: William Edward Moneyhun

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The New New Zealand

The Maori and Pakeha Populations

By: William Edward Moneyhun

Today's New Zealand is an emerging paradigm for successful cultural relations. Although the nation's Maori (indigenous Polynesian) and Pakeha (colonial European) populations of the 19th century were dramatically different and often at odds, they are today co-contributors to a vibrant society. For more than a century they have been working out the kind of nation that engenders respect and well-being; and their interaction, though often riddled with confrontation, is finally bearing bicultural fruit. By their model, the encounter of diverse cultures does not require the surrender of one to the other; rather, it entails each expanding its own cultural categories in the light of the other. The time is ripe to explore modern New Zealand's cultural dynamics for what we can learn about getting along. The present anthropological work focuses on religion and related symbols, forms of reciprocity, the operation of power and the concept of culture in modern New Zealand society.

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252

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McFarland

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1476638349

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9781476638348

Country House

A Practical Manual of the Planning and Construction of the American Country Home and Its Surrounding

By: Charles Edward Hooper,Charles Hooper, Rev

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A Practical Manual of the Planning and Construction of the American Country Home and Its Surrounding

By: Charles Edward Hooper,Charles Hooper, Rev

In this 1905 text, author Charles Hooper aims to help American homeowners and builders to create their dream homes and gardens with a minimum of mistakes.

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358

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Applewood Books

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1429014547

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9781429014540

Heparin-Binding Proteins

By: H. Edward Conrad

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Heparin-Binding Proteins

By: H. Edward Conrad

This book describes the complex structures of heparins and heparan sulfates (heparinoids) and how they are generated by their biosynthetic pathways. The book also details the methodologies for studying these structures and their cellular metabolism. Heparin-Binding Proteins introduces the general nature of interactions between heparinoids and proteins, and presents the role for these structures in their interactions with the proteins of the hemostatic mechanisms, fibroblasts growth factors, superoxide dismutase, and lipoproteins. - Covers cellular metabolism of heparinoid proteoglycans - Written by a distinguished expert in the field of carbohydrate biochemistry - Describes the roles of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in - Blood coagulation and fibrinolysis - Lipoprotein metabolism - Superoxide dismutase activity - Fibroblast growth factor responses of cells

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Elsevier

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0080533906

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9780080533902

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Social Commitments in a Depersonalized World

Social Commitments in a Depersonalized World

Electromagnetic Boundary Problems

Electromagnetic Boundary Problems

Altruism and Prosocial Behavior in Groups

Altruism and Prosocial Behavior in Groups

The New New Zealand

The New New Zealand

Country House

Country House

Heparin-Binding Proteins

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