Prototypical similarity, self‐categorization, and depersonalized attraction: A perspective on group cohesiveness

Hogg, Michael A.; Hardie, Elizabeth A.; Reynolds, Katherine J.

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“…When an in-group member meets or exceeds prior expectations with respect to unobserved attributes, his or her relationships with in-group members are stronger (Hogg et al 1995).…”

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Close Encounters: Analyzing How Social Similarity and Propinquity Contribute to Strong Network Connections

Reagans¹

2011

Organization Science

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Models of network formation emphasize the importance of social similarity and propinquity in producing strong interpersonal connections. The positive effect each factor can have on tie strength has been documented across a number of studies. And yet we know surprisingly very little about how the two factors combine to produce strong ties. Being in close proximity could either amplify or dampen the positive effect that social similarity can have on tie strength. Data on tie strength among teachers working in five public schools was analyzed to shed light on this theoretical question. The empirical results indicated that teachers who were similar in age were more likely to be connected by a strong tie, especially teachers for whom age similarity was more likely to be salient. Moreover, teachers who took breaks at the same time or who had classrooms on the same floor communicated more frequently and felt more emotionally attached. Among the public school teachers, propinquity amplified the positive effect that age similarity had on tie strength. The strongest network connections occurred among age-similar teachers who had classrooms on the same floor. The empirical results illustrate the value of considering how social similarity and propinquity contribute to strong ties independently and when combined with each other.

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“…When an in-group member meets or exceeds prior expectations with respect to unobserved attributes, his or her relationships with in-group members are stronger (Hogg et al 1995).…”

Section: Arrangements (Caldiera and Patterson 1987)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Close Encounters: Analyzing How Social Similarity and Propinquity Contribute to Strong Network Connections

Reagans¹

2011

Organization Science

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“…Kahl 2005;Hicks 2006;Rossteutscher 2009), which lead to a "pronounced anti welfare-state position" of churches and parties (Manow 2002:206). Research on social identity has shown that individuals who self-categorize themselves into a social group will adapt the norms, world-views, and preferences that are dominant in that group (Tajfel 1981;Hogg et al 1995;Huddy 2001).…”

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Religion and Redistributive Voting in Western Europe

Stegmueller

2013

The Journal of Politics

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Why some individuals, who would clearly benefit from redistribution, do not vote for parties offering redistributive policies, is an old puzzle of redistributive politics. Recent work in political economy offers an explanation based on the interplay between religious identity and party policies. Strategic parties bundle conservative moral policies with antiredistribution positions inducing individuals with a strong religious identity to vote based on moral rather than economic preferences. I test this theory using micro-level data on individuals' vote choices in 24 recent multi-party elections in 15 Western European countries. I use an integrated model of religion, economic and moral preferences, and vote choice, to show that religious individuals possess less liberal economic preferences, which shapes their vote choice against redistributive parties. This holds even for individuals who would clearly benefit from redistribution. Moreover, the redistributive vote of religious individuals is primarily based on economic not moral preferences.

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“…They become based on perceived prototypicality (called social attraction) rather than idiosyncratic preferences or personal relationships (called personal attraction), which is the social attraction hypothesis (Hogg, 1992(Hogg, , 1993; for direct empirical tests, see Hogg, Cooper-Shaw, & Holzworth, 1993;Hogg & Hains, 1996Hogg & Hardie, 1991;Hogg, Hardie, & Reynolds, 1995). Ingroup members are liked more than outgroup members because the former are perceptually assimilated to a relatively positive ingroup prototype, or because their prototypical similarity to self is perceptually accentuated, or because self-liking (self-esteem) is extended to embrace people who are to some extent now viewed as prototypical extensions of self.…”

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Social Identity Theory of Leadership

2010

Encyclopedia of Group Processes &Amp; Intergroup Relations

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A social identity theory of leadership is described that views leadership as a group process generated by social categorization and prototype-based depersonalization processes associated with social identity. Group Over the past 25 years social psychology has placed relatively little emphasis on the study of leadership. This is probably associated with the well-documented decline during the 1960s and 1970s of interest in small group research, the associated ascendency of social cognition, the European emphasis on large scale intergroup relations, and the "outsourcing" of small group and leadership research to organizational and management departments (for historical overviews, see

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Prototypical similarity, self‐categorization, and depersonalized attraction: A perspective on group cohesiveness

Abstract: In contrast to traditional approaches that widely equate group cohesiveness with interpersonal at traction, self-categorization theory argues that self-categorization depersonalizes perception in terms of

Cited by 125 publications

References 34 publications

Close Encounters: Analyzing How Social Similarity and Propinquity Contribute to Strong Network Connections

Close Encounters: Analyzing How Social Similarity and Propinquity Contribute to Strong Network Connections

Religion and Redistributive Voting in Western Europe

Social Identity Theory of Leadership

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