The Handbook of Group Research and Practice

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The Handbook of Group Research and Practice emphasizes the connections among basic research and theory, applied research, and group practice to demonstrate how theory and research translate into methods for working with groups. It is an excellent resource for students, academics, and practitioners in the fields of psychotherapy, psychology, sociology, management, communications, social work, education, and science and technology

Key Features :  

• Offers a multidisciplinary and international perspective from international contributors
• Provides a historical overview of the development of research and group practice
• Identifies contemporary issues with an emphasis on the research agenda in the field
• Describes seven different theoretical perspectives on how groups function
• Addresses both traditional and new methods of studying group research
• Advances current efforts to increase the understanding of how groups are employed and operate to solve pressing social and individual problems

The Handbook of Group Research and Practice is a unique interdisciplinary resource written by world-renowned researchers and practitioners who work with teams and groups in a variety of settings. As a result, this Handbook provides students, academics, and practitioners with the most comprehensive understanding about the latest findings and issues in group research and practice to date!  

Susan Wheelan was president of GDQ Associates, Inc. Until 2001, she was a professor

of psychological studies and faculty director of the Training and Development Center

at Temple University. Dr. Wheelan received Temple University’s Great Teacher Award

in 1992. She also worked as a psychologist in a number of hospital and clinical settings.

Dr. Wheelan was the author of Facilitating Training Groups; Group Processes: A

Developmental Perspective; Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders;

and Faculty Groups: From Frustration to Collaboration. She was editor of the Handbook

of Group Research and Practice and coeditor of The Lewin Legacy: Field Theory in Current

Practice and Advances in Field Theory. She wrote 66 research articles for publication.