Study of stereotyping and prejudice in intergroup relationship from the viewpoint of social psychology

这个研究项目我们有两个研究。有一个实验研究和一个实地研究。本实验研究考察了在合作相互依赖的背景下，组间合作任务的结果和组间组成对组间偏见和上级群体认同的影响。我们假设在其他条件下，互补性相互依赖的成员和成功（高绩效）结果承担合作组间任务的成员具有最低的组间偏见和最高的上级组认同。实验结果表明，在互补性相互依赖和高绩效情境下，团队成员对上级团队团结和上级团队协作的感知增强。本研究以一家合并公司为研究对象，探讨了成员偏见、团队间冲突与企业文化的关系。结果表明，群体内部存在一定的成员偏见和群体间冲突。在合并之前，两家公司的企业文化完全不同。然而，现在两家前公司的员工都做出了让步。

We had two studies for this study project. There were an experimental study and a field study. The experimental study investigated how an outcome of cooperative task within intergroup and composition of intergroup influenced the intergroup bias and superordinate group identity in the context of cooperative interdependence. We hypothesized that the members in complementary interdependence and in the successful (high performance) outcome undertaking cooperative intergroup task were the lowest intergroup bias and the highest superordinate group identity in other conditions. The experimental results showed the members in complementary interdependence and in high performance enhanced perceived superordinate group unity and superordinate group collaboration.The field study investigated membership biases, intergroup conflict and the corporate culture in a merger company. The results showed that there was some membership biases and intergroup conflict. Before the merger, the corporate culture of each company was totally different. However, now the employees of two ex-companies each are making concessions.