Order on the Edge of Chaos
Social Psychology and the Problem of Social Order

Editors

Edward J. Lawler, Cornell University, New York
Edward J. Lawler is the Martin P. Catherwood Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Sociology at Cornell University, New York. He has co-authored three books and edited or co-edited thirty-one volumes in the annual series, Advances in Group Processes. In 2001, he received the Cooley-Mead Award for career achievement from the Social Psychology Section of the American Sociological Association, and in 2003 his paper, 'An Affect Theory of Social Exchange' won the 2002 Theory Prize from the Theory Section of the American Sociological Association. His book (co-authored with Shane Thye and Jeongkoo Yoon), Social Commitments in a Depersonalized World (2009), won the 2010 James Coleman Best Book Award from the Rationality and Society Section of the American Sociological Association.

Shane R. Thye, University of South Carolina
Shane Thye is a Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina. He is the series co-editor (with Edward J. Lawler) of Advances in Group Processes. He recently completed Social Commitments in a Depersonalized World (2009) with Lawler and Yoon. He works primarily in the areas of group dynamics and experimental sociology. His work has appeared in outlets such as the American Sociological Review, the American Journal of Sociology, and Social Forces.

Jeongkoo Yoon, EWHA Women's University, Seoul
Jeongkoo Yoon is Professor in the School of Management at Ewha Womans University, South Korea. His research applies power and exchange theories to solve issues of contemporary organizations such as empowerment, leadership, and change. He coauthored the book Social Commitments in a Depersonalized World (2009) with Lawler and Thye. He also published two award-winning best seller books in Korea, Change Management for 100 Year Sustainable Companies (2010) and What Is Authenticity? (2012). He served as Editor of the Korean Journal of Management and Chair of the Korean Association of Leadership. He is currently on the editorial board of the British Journal of Management.

Contributors

Edward J. Lawler, Shane R. Thye, Jeongkoo Yoon, Jonathan Turner, Siegwart Lindenberg, Hartmut Esser, Clemens Kroneberg, Daniel J. DellaPosta, Michael W. Macy, Karen S. Cook, Peter J. Burke, Jan E. Stets, David R. Heise, Neil J. MacKinnon, Wolfgang Scholl, Cecilia L. Ridgeway, Theodore Kemper, Anne Warfield Rawls, Hannah Wohl, Gary Alan Fine, Steven Hitlin, Matthew Andersson, Morris Zelditch, Peter V. Marsden