Relative Deprivation and Organisational Satisfaction:  Satisfaction and Discontent and Their Consequences Among University Staff. Walker, I. (The University of Canberra) Relative deprivation (RD) theory formalises the conditions under which we expect people to believe they are unjustly treated, and the social and behavioural consequences of perceived injustice. An important distinction is made between individual RD […]

How Leaders Fall: Exploring the Process of Leadership Destabilization Maskor, M. (University of Queensland), Steffens, N. K. (University of Queensland), Haslam, S. A. (University of Queensland) History presents a variety of examples where leaders have reached the pinnacle of influence only to suddenly fall from grace and lose the support of their followership. Such examples […]

THIS TALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 3:20PM Tackling the ‘Loneliness Epidemic’: A Social Identity Approach McNamara, N. (Nottingham Trent University, UK), Stevenson, C. (Nottingham Trent University, UK), Costa, S. (Nottingham Trent University), Halder, M. (Nottingham Trent University), Mair, E. (Nottingham Trent University), Bowe, M. (Nottingham Trent University), Kellezi, B. (Nottingham Trent […]

Pain, Identity and Pleasure in Mass Gatherings Ferris, L. J. (University of Queensland), Bastian, B. (University of Melbourne), Jetten, J. (University of Queensland), Cruwys, T. (Australian National University) Shared pain promotes social bonding, but there are few studies on pleasure in painful collective contexts. In 2 field studies, we aimed to examine pain and pleasure […]