Handlungsempfehlung zur Umsetzung familienfreundlicher Massnahmen fuer Mitarbeiter in der Osterreichischen Hotellerie Work Life Balance und Corporate Social Responsibility.

Special fields of psychology

I 1939 Lewi oge her wi h wo of his doc oral s ude s published he resul s of a experime of sig ifica his orical impor a ce. he i ves iga ors had arra ged o have he same adul s play differe leadership roles while direc i g ma ched groups of childre . he adul s a emp ed o es ablish par icular clima es— ha is, social e viro me al co di io s—of democra ic, au ocra ic, or comple ely laissez-faire leadership. he reac io s of he childre i he groups were carefully observed, a d de ailed o es were ake o he pa er s of social i erac io ha emerged. Al hough he experime i self had ma y deficie cies, i demo s ra ed ha some hi g as ebulous as a democra ic social clima e could be crea ed u der co rolled labora ory co di io s. he origi ali y a d success of his research had a libera i g effec o o her i ves iga ors. By he e d of World War II, a ou pouri g of experime al research i volvi g he ma ipula io of emporary social e viro me s hrough labora ory s agecraf bega . A he same ime, impor a adva ces occurred i o experime al, or field, research i social psychology. he objec ive ra her ha he specula ive s udy of social behavior is he curre re d i social psychology. Research Areas. Social psychology shares ma y co cer s wi h o her discipli es, especially wi h sociology a d cul ural a hropology. he hree scie ces differ, however, i ha whereas he sociologis s udies social groups a d i s i u io s a d he a hropologis s udies huma cul ures, he social psychologis focuses a e io o how social groups, i s i u io s, a d cul ures affec he behavior of he i dividual. he major areas of research i social psychology are he followi g. Socializa io . Social psychologis s who s udy he phe ome a of socializa io , mea i g he process of bei g made fi or rai ed for a social e viro me , are i eres ed i how i dividuals lear he rules gover i g heir behavior oward o her perso s i socie y, he groups of which hey are members, a d i dividuals wi h whom hey come i o co ac .