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Deb Gruenfeld

Professor Gruenfeld studies the psychology of power and group decision making. Specifically, she is interested in how social structure affects the mind, including the psychology of power, social origins of knowledge, group learning, and decision making.

Dr. Gruenfeld's work has appeared in Psychological Review, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Organization Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Small Group Research (see my publication list for a sample).

Primary Interests:

  • Group Processes
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Political Psychology
  • Group Processes
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Political Psychology

Journal Articles:

  • Galinsky, A. D., Gruenfeld, D. H., & Magee, J. C. (2003). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol 85(3), 453-466.
  • Gruenfeld, D. H., Martorana, P. V., & Fan, E. T. (2000). What do groups learn from their worldliest members? Direct and indirect influence in dynamic teams. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 82(1), 45-59.
  • Gruenfeld, D. H., & Preston, J. (2000). Upending the status quo: Cognitive complexity in U.S. Supreme Court justices who overturn legal precedent. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26(8), 1013-1022.
  • Gruenfeld, D. H., & Wyer, R. S. (1992). The semantics and pragmatics of social influence: How affirmations and denials affect beliefs in referent propositions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62(1), 38-49.
  • Keltner, D., Gruenfeld, D. H., & Anderson, C. (2003). Power, approach and inhibition. Psychological Review, 110, 265-284.
  • Status, ideology, and integrative complexity on the U.S. Supreme Court: Rethinking the politics of political decision making. (1995). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 5-20.

Courses Taught:

  • Dynamics of Organizations
  • Introduction to Organization Behavior
  • Managing Groups in Organizations
  • Dynamics of Organizations
  • Introduction to Organization Behavior
  • Managing Groups in Organizations

Deb Gruenfeld
Graduate School of Business
Stanford University
518 Memorial Way
Stanford, CA 94305
United States

Phone: (650) 725-6939
Fax: (650) 725-9932

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