This paper outlines contributions from social psychology to the study of entrepreneurship, especially the process of organizational emergence. The major topics covered are role theory, the minimal group paradigm (MGP) reported by Tajfel and others, the new plant works of Lawler and others, and recent advances in conceptualizing task group emergence reported by Gerslck.
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