Advances in group processes -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Status, networks, and opinions: A modular integration of two theories -- Status characteristics theory -- Social influence network theory -- Combining the theories -- Discussion -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Appendix A. Obtaining predicted final opinions for Network 3 in Table 1 -- Appendix B. Obtaining predicted final opinions for Network 2 in Table 2 -- Chapter 2. Collective events, rituals, and emotions -- Structural ritualization theory -- Emotional intensity and commitment in ritual events -- Further theory development -- Discussion and conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3. Group reflexivity and performance -- Claims about group reflexivity by practitioners -- West's (1996) analysis of group reflexivity -- Scientific research on group reflexivity and performance -- The good news -- The bad news -- Our own research on group reflexivity -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4. Trust as an expressive rather than an instrumental act -- Trust among strangers -- The trust game -- Goals of the chapter -- Instrumental accounts of trust -- Emotional correlates of trust: expressive vs. instrumental -- Evidence for expressiveness: the relational dynamics of trust -- Other issues -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 5. Being different or being better?: Disentangling the effects of independence and competition on group creativity -- Individualism and group creativity -- Definitions of individualism -- Differential effects of independence and competition -- Interaction between independence and competition -- Methodological questions -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 6. Applying a status perspective to racial/ethnic misclassification: Implications for health.

Race, ethnicity, and social status -- Racial/ethnic misclassification from a status perspective -- Specifying the racial/ethnic status hierarchy -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7. Comparison processes in social exchange networks -- Theoretical background -- Methodology -- Results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 8. The incidence of strong power in complex exchange networks -- Introduction -- Strong power -- Complex networks -- Effects of network characteristics on strong power -- Design and algorithm of simulation study -- Results of the simulation -- Discussion and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9. Multiplex exchange relations -- What are multiplex relations? -- Why should multiplex relations be studied? -- What should be studied? -- Research agenda for exchange theory -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10. Corruption as social exchange -- Existing approaches to corruption -- The social context of corruption -- The social exchange framework -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References.